MOBILITY, PROCUREMENT AND USE OF OBSIDIAN IN EL PAYÉN, SOUTH OF THE PROVINCE OF MENDOZA, ARGENTINA

Human populations that occupied The Payunia during the late Holocene, used obsidian from outside sources, with predominant east-west directionality. In this paper we analyze the spatial distribution of obsidian artifacts from known geographical origin in El Payén. We investigate the possible transpo...

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Autores principales: Salgán, Laura, Gil, Adolfo, Neme, Gustavo
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET 2014
Materias:
lithic technology
obsidian
hunter gatherer
south Mendoza
tecnología lítica
obsidiana
cazadores recolectores
sur de Mendoza
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/27625
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Comechingonia. Revista de Arqueología de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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Sumario:Human populations that occupied The Payunia during the late Holocene, used obsidian from outside sources, with predominant east-west directionality. In this paper we analyze the spatial distribution of obsidian artifacts from known geographical origin in El Payén. We investigate the possible transport routes, procurement strategies and forms and intensity of use of that resource,from the base of technological and biogeography indicators. The results suggest that although the directionality of movement of obsidian matches that proposed for the region (west-east), its frequency decreases from south to north. The results also show differences in the number of sources represented and the procurement modes and use of this resource among Central, South and North sectors of El Payén.

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