Contributions of Actualistic Taphonomy to the Archaeological Study of Pseudoartifacts

The increasing interest in understanding and quantifying the effects of postdepositional processes in the formation of lithic assemblages promoted the application of taphonomic approaches that allowed discussing the genesis of patterns considered of behavioral origin (technological, functional). Ind...

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Autor principal: Borrazzo, Karen
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2020
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topic lithic technology
lithic taphonomy
experimental archaeology
Casa de Piedra de Roselló
Patagonia
Lithic studies
tecnología lítica
tafonomía lítica
arqueología experimental
Casa de Piedra Roselló
Patagonia
Estudios líticos
Tecnologia litica
tafonomia lítica
arqueologia experimental
Casa de Piedra de Roselló
Patagônia
Estudos líticos
spellingShingle lithic technology
lithic taphonomy
experimental archaeology
Casa de Piedra de Roselló
Patagonia
Lithic studies
tecnología lítica
tafonomía lítica
arqueología experimental
Casa de Piedra Roselló
Patagonia
Estudios líticos
Tecnologia litica
tafonomia lítica
arqueologia experimental
Casa de Piedra de Roselló
Patagônia
Estudos líticos
Borrazzo, Karen
Contributions of Actualistic Taphonomy to the Archaeological Study of Pseudoartifacts
topic_facet lithic technology
lithic taphonomy
experimental archaeology
Casa de Piedra de Roselló
Patagonia
Lithic studies
tecnología lítica
tafonomía lítica
arqueología experimental
Casa de Piedra Roselló
Patagonia
Estudios líticos
Tecnologia litica
tafonomia lítica
arqueologia experimental
Casa de Piedra de Roselló
Patagônia
Estudos líticos
author Borrazzo, Karen
author_facet Borrazzo, Karen
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title Contributions of Actualistic Taphonomy to the Archaeological Study of Pseudoartifacts
title_short Contributions of Actualistic Taphonomy to the Archaeological Study of Pseudoartifacts
title_full Contributions of Actualistic Taphonomy to the Archaeological Study of Pseudoartifacts
title_fullStr Contributions of Actualistic Taphonomy to the Archaeological Study of Pseudoartifacts
title_full_unstemmed Contributions of Actualistic Taphonomy to the Archaeological Study of Pseudoartifacts
title_sort contributions of actualistic taphonomy to the archaeological study of pseudoartifacts
description The increasing interest in understanding and quantifying the effects of postdepositional processes in the formation of lithic assemblages promoted the application of taphonomic approaches that allowed discussing the genesis of patterns considered of behavioral origin (technological, functional). Indeed, those taphonomic approaches showed that different environmental contexts within a region (with their specific combination of agent and processes) possess variable effects on lithic assemblages. Thus, a taphonomic approach to the settings of the archaeological record and to their local and regional dynamic make us aware of morphological and distributional characteristics of the taphonomic background noise (pseudoartifacts). In other words, the systematic incorporation of actualistic taphonomy –including both naturalistic and experimental components- to the archaeological research contributes to building frames of reference that allow refining our interpretations of the archaeological record. This paper presents and compares actualistic and archaeological data obtained from the application of this approach to the study of Casa de Piedra de Roselló site (Chubut, Argentina). I conclude that taphonomic background noise may inflate the representation of the local raw material in the lithic artifact assemblages recovered at the site.
publisher Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología
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url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/23846
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