Assessing the life history of projectile points/knives from the Middle Holocene of Argentina’s Southern Puna

Lithic artifacts that belong to hunter-gatherer occupations from the Quebrada Seca 3 site during the Middle Holocene of the Southern Puna of Argentina, dating to ca. 4800e5900 cal BP are analyzed. These tools have been defined as stemmed projectile points whose blades were intensively maintained, re...

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Autores principales:	Babot, Maria del Pilar, Hocsman, Salomón, Cattaneo, Gabriela Roxana
Formato:	Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	Elsevier 2013
Materias:	Projectile point Southern Argentine Puna Middle Holocene Stone tool life history Microfossil Microwear analysis Arqueología Historia y Arqueología HUMANIDADES
Acceso en línea:	http://hdl.handle.net/11336/10988 http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/10988
Aporte de:	Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

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topic	Projectile point Southern Argentine Puna Middle Holocene Stone tool life history Microfossil Microwear analysis Arqueología Historia y Arqueología HUMANIDADES
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description	Lithic artifacts that belong to hunter-gatherer occupations from the Quebrada Seca 3 site during the Middle Holocene of the Southern Puna of Argentina, dating to ca. 4800e5900 cal BP are analyzed. These tools have been defined as stemmed projectile points whose blades were intensively maintained, resulting in asymmetric shapes. However, they have also been defined as knives because of their morphology when discarded. To establish a more complete version of the life history of these artifacts, from projectile points to knives, a research design was developed that includes several analytical microscopic and compositional techniques to identify the uses that were preserved over time. Information obtained through microwear analysis and the study of microscopic residues -microfossils and chemical residues e on the blades and stems indicates that these artifacts were used in several functions, with a first use as projectile points and a final use as knives in generalized plant and animal processing. The plant material processed includes roasted or dehydrated tuberous/roots. The tools were also used to cut animal skin, flesh and/or bone. Evidence for hafting to foreshafts or handles and for the use of adhesives was also found. The use-traces and life history results were mutually consistent. This contributed to the discussion of artifact life history and resource processing by the Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers of the South Central Andes.
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author	Babot, Maria del Pilar Hocsman, Salomón Cattaneo, Gabriela Roxana
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title	Assessing the life history of projectile points/knives from the Middle Holocene of Argentina’s Southern Puna
title_short	Assessing the life history of projectile points/knives from the Middle Holocene of Argentina’s Southern Puna
title_full	Assessing the life history of projectile points/knives from the Middle Holocene of Argentina’s Southern Puna
title_fullStr	Assessing the life history of projectile points/knives from the Middle Holocene of Argentina’s Southern Puna
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing the life history of projectile points/knives from the Middle Holocene of Argentina’s Southern Puna
title_sort	assessing the life history of projectile points/knives from the middle holocene of argentina’s southern puna
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2013
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Assessing the life history of projectile points/knives from the Middle Holocene of Argentina’s Southern Puna

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