ISES 20394
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ESTUDIOS SOCIALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Obsidian Projectile Points: Patterns of Variation and Range of Mobility during the Mid-Holocene in the Salt Puna of NW Argentina, South-Central Andes
Autor/es:
PINTAR, ELIZABETH; MARTÍNEZ, JORGE G.
Lugar:
Austin, Texas
Reunión:
Congreso; 79th Meeting for the Society for American Archaeology; 2014
Institución organizadora:
Society for American Archaeology
Resumen:
Although projectile points have dominated the discussion of
Paleoindian archaeology in North and South America, this tool class has not
figured prominently in the archaeology of hunter-gatherers of the South-Central
Andes. Here we present a typological, technological and morphological analysis
of obsidian, quartzite and vulcanite projectile points found in Middle Holocene
sites. We compare projectile points from tightly dated stratigraphic contexts
in the region of Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca, and investigate patterns
of technological, morphological and stylistic variation between projectile
points manufactured of local and non-local raw materials. Geochemical source
identification is used to draw general archaeological implications regarding wide
mobility range that includes the use of five sources distant 30-120 km.
