A history of publications on functional analysis in Latin America.

MANSUR M. E.; DE ANGELIS H.; PARMIGIANI V.; ALVAREZ SONCINI, M. C.; ALONSO LIMA, M.

Faro

Congreso; Use wear 2012; 2012

CSIC, Universidade do Algarve,

Since the publication of S. Semenov?s Prehistoric Technology in 1964, microscopic analysis of archaeological materials has developed continuously. Nowadays it has become ?a must? in most of the archaeological investigations developed in Europe. However, this is not the case for the rest of the world. In Latin America, microscopic analysis started at about the same time -and developed in a parallel way- as in Europe and North America. Nevertheless it had its own course to follow, as it tried to solve different methodological problems, mainly concerning raw materials used, depositional contexts, etc. But besides methodology, it was also singular because of its theoretical-methodological approach in relation with the type of ethnographic and archaeological problems investigated. Publications produced along this process are not well known, not only in the Old World but also in North America. So, the purpose of this communication is to present an annotated bibliography of publications concerning Latino American archaeology or produced by Latin American scholars.