Pollen Analysis at El Campanario (Peru): Preliminary Study from a Public Architecture

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The present research analyzed pollen samples recovered from public architecture at the site of El Campanario in Huarmey Valley (Peru). This exploration focuses on issues regarding archaeological palynology by presenting a case study with a preliminary set of samples in an attempt to open a line of research at El Campanario. The adobe platform, where the majority of the samples were obtained, was built by the Casma polity during the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1000-1400). Previous macrobotanical analysis conducted at the platform suggests that public activities such as feasting were conducted at the site in order to reinforce social relations among various social groups located in the Huarmey Valley. We propose the potential of applying palynological methods in order to capture more information in regards to occupation, landscape use and subsistence strategies. Given the reduced number of samples, we only discuss presence and/or absence of pollen families at the site. Mainly, our aim is to explore methodological approaches such as those published by Bryant and Hall (1993), and use our preliminary data to exemplify what are the inconveniences of analyzing fossil pollen.

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• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
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Abstract Id(s): 32087