The sunset of the deer. Archaeology rescue in the Sabana of Bogota ; El ocaso del sol de los venados. Arqueología de rescate en la Sabana de Bogotá

This report summarizes the results of a study of animal bones found during rescue excavations carried out in 1990 during the construction of the Nueva Fabrica urban development in the Tunjuelito valley in the south of Bogotá. The predominance of deer bones is interesting in view of the imprtance of this animal in American cultures from precolombian times. Deer, guinea pig, coatíes, weasels and different families of birds, fish and moluscs, disappeared from the area some time after the Spanish ·conquest when the area became an enormous agricultura! and cattle raising estate. The rapid urban exp... Mehr ...