Lithic resource management in mountain environments. Discussion based on the case of the Andean sector of Tierra del Fuego

MANSUR, M. ESTELA; DE ANGELIS, HERNAN

Burgos

Congreso; XVII World UISPP Congres; 2014

Lithic resource management constitutes one of the most important variables for the technological organization of hunter-gatherer societies. As essential resources for the manufacturing of tools that are themselves involved in processing and consumption of different types of resources, rocks constitute the starting point of all production processes. Consequently, the whole technological organization relies on aspects of lithic resource management: identification, collection, processing and use/consumption. In this work, we present a discussion on lithic resource management in mountain and piedmont environments, from new research conducted in the Andean area of Tierra del Fuego.