Estudio carpológico de la flora actual y precolombina de la comunidad Piñancay, cantón Chunchi

Abstract

The current research proposes: To develop a carpological study of the current and pre-Columbian flora of the fauna of the Piñancay community. Chunchi canton: it seeks to recover the current and past agro diversity in order to have a bank carpological germplasm to be used later with ancestral knowledge. By inventory of the flora, 64 species were achieved inventorying, according to their habit of growth, 26% are arboreal species, 25% are shrub species, 41% are herbaceous species and only 6% are climber species, due to the flowering and fruiting period was achieved inventorying 18 species representing 22% of the total inventoried species.

For the archaeobotany evaluation was raised information based on ethno-historical and ethnographic sources of study area. Four archaeological sites were registered with agricultural functionalities, funerary and housing, the area that represents more cultural material is the archaeological site, the same is located on the plain. Where it could be evidenced fragments of pottery, lithic and eco facts (seeds), it was recovered a carpological species as the false stramonium (chamico) (Nicandra Physalodes). Besides, it is culturally associated to ceramic and lithic material used in the Cañari culture.

For morphological and taxonomic characterization of seeds was performed the study of the ethnobotanical and archaeobotany samples, considering variables such as (order, gender, scientific name and family), for the morphological study of inventoried and collected seeds in sampling variables like (shape, size, width, thickness) were considered.

The research concluded that the Carpological study helped to the recovery of ancestral knowledge of the agro diversity in Piñancay community.

Keywords: carpological study, agro diversity, ancestral knowledge.