Integration of Chaschuil Puna region and Abaucan valley (Tinogasta Department, Catamarca, Argentina): supply of raw materials, production and distribution of ceramic goods during Formative and Inka stages

4) RATTO N, R PLÁ, M ORGAZ, G DE LA FUENTE, M MORENO & A FEELY

Nuclear Analytical Techniques in Archaeological Investigation. Smithsonian Institution Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Washington, D. C.

Smithsonian Institution

Lugar: Washington D.C., USA; Año: 2005 p. 1 - 107

This work presents the results from neutron activation analysis performed on simples of ceramic material (sherds) and clay raw materials and mineral inclusions from archaeological sites and deposits located at the Puna region of upper Chaschuil valley and at Abauc·n mesothermal valley (Tinogasta department, Catamarca, Argentina). At the archaeological sites, different economic and socio-political organizations developed within a temporal range going from formative societies formation (Early and Middleperiods at Argentine Northwest) till inka occupation of the region. The obtained results point to La Troya area, at Abauc·n mesothermal valley, as the supplier of ceramic raw materials, both during Formative (agroalfarero initial and middle) and Inka moments.