Preliminary Lithic Analysis from the El Castillo Archaeological Site (Las Chapas, Chubut, Argentine Patagonia) ANÁLISIS LÍTICO PRELIMINAR DEL SITIO ARQUEOLÓGICO EL CASTILLO (LAS CHAPAS, CHUBUT, PATAGONIA ARGENTINA)

SCHUSTER, VERÓNICA; PÉREZ, ALBERTO E.; MASSAFERRO, GABRIELA I.

Arqueologia Iberoamericana

Pascual Izquierdo Egea

Año: 2022 vol. 50 p. 87 - 93

We present the results obtained from the lithic studies of the archaeological findings from the El Castillo site (Chubut, Argentine Patagonia), which show a predominance of the use of local raw materials – mainly xylopal and chalcedony – for the manufacture of an expeditious technology composed of natural-edged and multipurpose tools, as well as for the elaboration of formatted artifacts.