Techno-morphological and use-wear analyses of gunflints from two Spanish colonial sites (Patagonia, Argentina)

BUSCAGLIA, SILVANA; ALBERTI, JIMENA; ÁLVAREZ, MYRIAN

ARCHAEOMETRY

WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2016 vol. 58 p. 230 - 245

0003-813X

The aim of this paper is to present the results of the analysis of a gunflints sample from two colonial archaeological sites located in Patagonia (Argentina). The questions that guided the investigation were related primarily to determine their origin and their context of use, as well as the possibility of recycling and reclamation after their discard. We perform techno-morphological, raw materials and use-wear analyses. The results indicate that, given their form, the raw materials, an important amount of edge scarring and evidences of contact with metal, all of the pieces were used as gunflints and are of European origin.