Quarry-workshop El Ranchito (Dpto, Ischilín, Córdoba). A first approach to characterize provenience sources and the analysis of lithic sets
This paper aims at presenting a first approach to the characterization of outcrops and techno-typological analysis of lithic materials collected in a quarry-workshop, located in the archaeological site El Ranchito (Valle de Copacabana, District of Ischilín) in the northern province of Córdoba. Durin...
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I10-R10-article-135182022-08-24T16:05:52Z Quarry-workshop El Ranchito (Dpto, Ischilín, Córdoba). A first approach to characterize provenience sources and the analysis of lithic sets Canteras-taller El Ranchito (Dpto. Ischilín, Córdoba). Una primera aproximación a la caracterización de las fuentes y al análisis de los conjuntos líticos Sario, Gisela Pautassi, Eduardo Salvatore, Marcos cantera-taller silcrete afloramientos análisis tecno-tipológico Córdoba quarry-workshop silcrete outcrops techno-typological analysis Córdoba This paper aims at presenting a first approach to the characterization of outcrops and techno-typological analysis of lithic materials collected in a quarry-workshop, located in the archaeological site El Ranchito (Valle de Copacabana, District of Ischilín) in the northern province of Córdoba. During archaeological research in the valley, we found lithic raw material of high quality for carving, a siliceous rock from which arrowheads were identified, in addition toother stone tools. While its presence is low as compared with other lithic artifacts such as quartz, such material was found in most archaeological sites in the region. In El Ranchito, three sources of this material were identified, in which quarryworkshop areas were formed. These resulted from four surveys in which eight collection grids of lithic material were conducted in different areas. The surveys helped establish the natural availability of this raw material, through which samples were analyzed under microscope and identified as silcrete. We report the results from the analysis of the first collection unit, in which we found, mostly, ecofacts and debitage, and, to a lesser extent, cores and tools, allowing us to infer that tasks related to the removal of nodule cortex were performed. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar una primera aproximación a la caracterización de los afloramientos y el análisis tecno-tipológico de materiales líticos recolectados en una cantera-taller, ubicada en la localidad arqueológica El Ranchito (valle de Copacabana, Dpto. Ischilín), en el norte de la provincia de Córdoba. A lo largo de las investigaciones arqueológicas en el valle se menciona la presencia de una materia prima lítica de muy buena calidad para la talla, una roca silícea, de la cual se han hallado puntas de proyectil y otros artefactos formatizados. Si bien su presencia es escasa en comparación con otras materias primas como el cuarzo, la misma se encuentra en la mayoría de los sitios arqueológicos de la región. En la localidad El Ranchito se han identificado tres fuentes primarias de aprovisionamiento de este material, como resultado de cuatro prospecciones en donde se realizaron ocho cuadrículas de recolección de material lítico en diferentes sectores. Los relevamientos permitieron establecer la disponibilidad natural de esta materia prima, extrayéndose muestras de la fuente identificada que fueron inspeccionadas con microscopio e identificadas como silcrete. Aquí se presentan los resultados del análisis de la primera unidad de recolección realizada, en la que se recuperaron en su mayoría ecofactos y desechos de talla, y en menor proporción núcleos e instrumentos. Esto nos permite inferir que la actividad principal era el descortezamiento de nódulos. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2017-07-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion investigación básica application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/13518 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol 10 (2017) SUPLEMENTO ESPECIAL 1; 59-64 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol 10 (2017) SUPLEMENTO ESPECIAL 1; 59-64 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol 10 (2017) SUPLEMENTO ESPECIAL 1; 59-64 1852-4826 1852-060X 10.31048/1852.4826.v10.n0 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/13518/17371 Derechos de autor 2017 Gisela Sario; Eduardo Pautassi, Marcos Salvatore |
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Quarry-workshop El Ranchito (Dpto, Ischilín, Córdoba). A first approach to characterize provenience sources and the analysis of lithic sets |
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Quarry-workshop El Ranchito (Dpto, Ischilín, Córdoba). A first approach to characterize provenience sources and the analysis of lithic sets |
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Quarry-workshop El Ranchito (Dpto, Ischilín, Córdoba). A first approach to characterize provenience sources and the analysis of lithic sets |
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Quarry-workshop El Ranchito (Dpto, Ischilín, Córdoba). A first approach to characterize provenience sources and the analysis of lithic sets |
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Quarry-workshop El Ranchito (Dpto, Ischilín, Córdoba). A first approach to characterize provenience sources and the analysis of lithic sets |
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quarry-workshop el ranchito (dpto, ischilín, córdoba). a first approach to characterize provenience sources and the analysis of lithic sets |
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This paper aims at presenting a first approach to the characterization of outcrops and techno-typological analysis of lithic materials collected in a quarry-workshop, located in the archaeological site El Ranchito (Valle de Copacabana, District of Ischilín) in the northern province of Córdoba. During archaeological research in the valley, we found lithic raw material of high quality for carving, a siliceous rock from which arrowheads were identified, in addition toother stone tools. While its presence is low as compared with other lithic artifacts such as quartz, such material was found in most archaeological sites in the region. In El Ranchito, three sources of this material were identified, in which quarryworkshop areas were formed. These resulted from four surveys in which eight collection grids of lithic material were conducted in different areas. The surveys helped establish the natural availability of this raw material, through which samples were analyzed under microscope and identified as silcrete. We report the results from the analysis of the first collection unit, in which we found, mostly, ecofacts and debitage, and, to a lesser extent, cores and tools, allowing us to infer that tasks related to the removal of nodule cortex were performed. |
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