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

BUSCAGLIA, S.; ALBERTI, J.; ÁLVAREZ. M.

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 analysis related primarily to determine their origin and their functionality and use, as well as the possibility of recycling and reclamation after their discard. We perform techno-morphological, raw materials and a use-wear analysis. The results indicate that, given their form, the raw materials used, 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.