A TRACEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE LAGUNA AZUL USE DURING THE LATE HOLOCENE (FROM CA. 2.000 YEARS BP) IN NORPATAGONIA, ARGENTINA

LYNCH VIRGINIA; TERRANOVA

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Springer Verlag

Año: 2019 vol. 11 p. 4157 - 4169

1866-9557

The lagoon environments were places recurrently visited and inhabited by huntergatherersgroups throughout different areas of North Patagonia. These places werevery important in the life of these mobile groups; they were part of their itineraries andthey regularly returned to their shores. The Somuncurá plateau´s lagoons (Rio Negroprovince, Argentina) represent one of these spaces, where in addition to a vitalresource such as water, it can be found a greater variety and biological abundance,facilitating a certain shelter during mobility. The Laguna Azul site is one of theseplaces, where the hunting blinds (known as ?parapetos?) are the most outstandinganthropic modification of the landscapeIn this paper, we present the results obtained from the lithic material recovered fromone of these structures, which is the most abundant material in the record. Theknowledge about the specific uses of these stone tools, obtained through the functionalanalysis, is deepened to determine trends in the manufacturing process and designschosen. The studies developed in this paper will expand the understanding about thetechnological decisions implemented by the hunter-gatherers that inhabited theSomuncurá plateau during the Late Holocene.