Prácticas de consumo vegetal en el sitio Huaycondo (Sur de Punilla, Córdoba, Argentina) durante el Holoceno Tardío final. Análisis etnobotánico y arqueobotánico.

The study of prehistoric diets has reached an advanced stage of research, enabling the identification of culinary processing practices in the archaeobotanical record, as well as the recognition of both continuity and change in local culinary knowledge. In this context, this paper presents the results obtained from the archaeobotanical analyses (with macro and microremains) of the archaeological site Huaycondo (Córdoba, Argentina) and from ethnobotanical interviews carried out in the region near the archaeological site. The practices recorded with algarrobo (Neltuma spp.), molle de beber (Lithraea molleoides), mistol (Sarcomphalus mistol), caranday palm (Trithrinax campestris) and maize (Zea mays) are related to grinding and the preparation of beverages, the latter with signs of fermentation. The evidence presented here shows, on the one hand, the particularity of the culinary practices of the ancient Huaycondo societies and, on the other, the continuity to the present day of knowledge about wild edible plant species which, although not consumed today, are treasured in the local memory and are part of the identity of the people who possess and share them.