ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Characterization and chronology of charcoal found in the volcanic ashfall that impacted a late Valdivia community in coastal Ecuador
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Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida y la Agricultura, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Avenida
General Ruminahui SN, 171103, Sangolqui, Ecuador
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Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador
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Centro de Investigaciones Hojas Jaboncillo, Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Acceptance date: 2024-02-09
Online publication date: 2024-06-21
Publication date: 2024-06-21
Acta Palaeobotanica 2024; 64(1): 35-50
HIGHLIGHTS
- Unusual great preservation of 3500 year old charcoal, which conserved original structures and even fungus.
- Histological structural elements such as woody vascular bundles - xylem, quadrangular tracheids, with pits in the shape of circular or elliptical holes, transverse parenchyma and absence of resin canals, characteristics that correspond to a species of woody tree from the group of Gymnosperms, of the family Podocarp
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Several samples of fossilized wood (charcoal) were collected in the Papayita archaeological site, in coastal Ecuador. This carbonized material was encountered inside a layer of volcanic ash that sealed the site. The ash-sized tephra was produced by a sub-Plinian eruption from the Guagua Pichincha volcano contemporaneous with the late Valdivia phases during the Formative Period. Each of the samples was sectioned into 10 to 15 subsamples and examined under a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), producing high-resolution images with a large depth of field where the anatomical structures and their geochemical composition were vividly discernible. Each sample corresponds to organic matter of vegetable origin, that is, carbonized wood in the form of small rocks, whose appearance is that of carbonized woody tree trunks and or branches. We were able to observe vascular structures, specifically bundles of xylem. It was possible to conclude that these tracheids underwent a physicochemical transformation typical of petrification processes, leaving the molds intact. This allowed us to determine structural elements that support the identification of the group of plants to which these samples belong, through the methodology of comparison of the anatomical components of current species. The fossilized wood structures are three-dimensional and present characteristics that correspond to the group of higher plants, Gymnosperms, of the Podocarpaceae group. Among them, quadrangular tracheids, circular hole-shaped pits in the vascular system, and absent resin canals stand out. Central to the analysis is the presence of transverse parenchyma, which can be ascertained to correspond to vegetation from climates that are temperate or cold.
FUNDING
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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