At the Southern limit: the Arenal Central site and the Guaraní occupation of the Paraná Delta (Argentina)
This study analyzes the archaeological record of Arenal Central, a Guaraní residential site on Martín García Island within the Río de la Plata estuary, situated in the southernmost region colonized by these Amazonian populations. It presents data on technology, subsistence, procurement networks, cat...
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| author | Daniel Loponte Mirian Carbonera Fernanda Schneider Neli Machado Aline Bertoncello Maicon Telles Szczygel Alejandro Acosta Barbara Mazza Sheila Alí Isabel Capparelli |
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| description | This study analyzes the archaeological record of Arenal Central, a Guaraní residential site on Martín García Island within the Río de la Plata estuary, situated in the southernmost region colonized by these Amazonian populations. It presents data on technology, subsistence, procurement networks, catchment areas, stylistic behaviors, and chronology, providing five new radiocarbon dates that make this site the best-dated Guaraní context in the region, and the second Guaraní residential base analyzed for this area. The results are integrated with previously known data to examine key aspects of Guaraní colonization, including chronology, subsistence strategies, resource acquisition, hunting ranges, and settlement spatial distribution, contributing to a new synthesis of Guaraní archaeology at the southernmost extent of their expansion in South America. Finally, the findings are contextualized within the broader framework of human occupations in insular settings. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-33a277e1a4ae471a9bce2962937edd592025-08-20T03:31:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology2813-432X2025-06-01410.3389/fearc.2025.15355511535551At the Southern limit: the Arenal Central site and the Guaraní occupation of the Paraná Delta (Argentina)Daniel Loponte0Mirian Carbonera1Fernanda Schneider2Neli Machado3Aline Bertoncello4Maicon Telles Szczygel5Alejandro Acosta6Barbara Mazza7Sheila Alí8Isabel Capparelli9Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano (NAPL), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCentro de Memória do Oeste de Santa Catarina (CEOM) e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais da Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (Unochapecó), Chapeco, BrazilPrograma de Pós-graduação em Ambiente e Desenvolvimento e Programa de Pós-graduação em Ensino Universidade do Vale do Taquari (Univates), Lajeado, BrazilPrograma de Pós-graduação em Ambiente e Desenvolvimento e Programa de Pós-graduação em Ensino Universidade do Vale do Taquari (Univates), Lajeado, BrazilCentro de Memória do Oeste de Santa Catarina (CEOM) e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais da Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (Unochapecó), Chapeco, BrazilCentro de Memória do Oeste de Santa Catarina (CEOM) e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais da Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (Unochapecó), Chapeco, BrazilConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano (NAPL), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano (NAPL), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano (NAPL), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaUniversidad de Lanús, Remedios de Escalada, ArgentinaThis study analyzes the archaeological record of Arenal Central, a Guaraní residential site on Martín García Island within the Río de la Plata estuary, situated in the southernmost region colonized by these Amazonian populations. It presents data on technology, subsistence, procurement networks, catchment areas, stylistic behaviors, and chronology, providing five new radiocarbon dates that make this site the best-dated Guaraní context in the region, and the second Guaraní residential base analyzed for this area. The results are integrated with previously known data to examine key aspects of Guaraní colonization, including chronology, subsistence strategies, resource acquisition, hunting ranges, and settlement spatial distribution, contributing to a new synthesis of Guaraní archaeology at the southernmost extent of their expansion in South America. Finally, the findings are contextualized within the broader framework of human occupations in insular settings.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fearc.2025.1535551/fullGuaraní archaeologyGuaraní expansionLa Plata BasinArenal Central siteMartín García Island |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Loponte Mirian Carbonera Fernanda Schneider Neli Machado Aline Bertoncello Maicon Telles Szczygel Alejandro Acosta Barbara Mazza Sheila Alí Isabel Capparelli At the Southern limit: the Arenal Central site and the Guaraní occupation of the Paraná Delta (Argentina) Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology Guaraní archaeology Guaraní expansion La Plata Basin Arenal Central site Martín García Island |
| title | At the Southern limit: the Arenal Central site and the Guaraní occupation of the Paraná Delta (Argentina) |
| title_full | At the Southern limit: the Arenal Central site and the Guaraní occupation of the Paraná Delta (Argentina) |
| title_fullStr | At the Southern limit: the Arenal Central site and the Guaraní occupation of the Paraná Delta (Argentina) |
| title_full_unstemmed | At the Southern limit: the Arenal Central site and the Guaraní occupation of the Paraná Delta (Argentina) |
| title_short | At the Southern limit: the Arenal Central site and the Guaraní occupation of the Paraná Delta (Argentina) |
| title_sort | at the southern limit the arenal central site and the guarani occupation of the parana delta argentina |
| topic | Guaraní archaeology Guaraní expansion La Plata Basin Arenal Central site Martín García Island |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fearc.2025.1535551/full |
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