Vertisols and indigenous ceramics: a provenience study based on XRD from Guayacas site (Paysandú, Uruguay)

The most abundant archaeological record in the middle and late Holocene in the litoral region of Uruguay is formed by ceramic materials. Previous information usually comes from macroscopic studies, oriented to the reconstruction of decorative styles, forms, and technology. This paper presents XRD an...

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Autores principales: Capdepont, Irina, Piñeiro, Gustavo
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2010
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spelling I10-R372-article-54442024-11-04T18:06:02Z Vertisols and indigenous ceramics: a provenience study based on XRD from Guayacas site (Paysandú, Uruguay) Vertisoles y cerámica indígena: un estudio de procedencia basado en DRX, sitio Guayacas (Paysandú, Uruguay) Capdepont, Irina Piñeiro, Gustavo alfarería mineralogía vertisoles DRX pottery mineralogy vertisol XRD The most abundant archaeological record in the middle and late Holocene in the litoral region of Uruguay is formed by ceramic materials. Previous information usually comes from macroscopic studies, oriented to the reconstruction of decorative styles, forms, and technology. This paper presents XRD analyses of archaeological ceramics from Guayacas site (Department of Paysandú ). This study seeks to complement the knowledge about the first stage of the process of manufacture: the selection of raw materials. In order to do this, an XRD analysis is also carried out on sediments and outcrops in the area, as well as on sediments from an archaeological excavation. Results indicate that the paste of ceramic materials is uniform and lacks illite-like minerals. The anthropogenic soils present smectite, quartz, illite and mixed clays; the natural soils and outcrops are dominated by smectite and quartz. One of these soils is proposed as a potential source of local raw material. The data obtained provide new information for the understanding of the area of occupation on the Daymán river during the late Holocene. El registro arqueológico más abundante de la región litoral del Uruguay para el Holoceno medio y tardío se encuentra conformado por material cerámico. La información existente sobre el mismo proviene comúnmente de estudios macroscópicos en los que se aborda la reconstrucción de formas, tecnología y estilos decorativos. En este trabajo se exponen los resultados obtenidos mediante la aplicación de DRX sobre cerámicas de conjuntos arqueológicos del sitio Guayacas (Departamento de Paysandú). En este estudio se busca complementar el conocimiento de la primera etapa del proceso de manufactura: la selección de materia prima. Para ello, también se realizan estudios de DRX sobre sedimentos y afloramientos de la zona, así como sobre sedimentos de la excavación arqueológica. Entre los resultados obtenidos se destaca la homogeneidad entre las pastas y la ausencia de minerales de tipo illita; los suelos antropogénicos presentan esmectita, cuarzo, illita e interestratificados y los suelos naturales y afloramientos están dominados por arcillas esmectiticas más cuarzo, proponiéndose a uno de ellos como fuente potencial de abastecimiento de materia prima local. Los datos obtenidos aportan nueva información al conocimiento del área de ocupación sobre el río Daymán durante el Holoceno tardío. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2010-12-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer reviewed article Artículo revisado por pares difracción de rayos X Artigo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/5444 10.31048/1852.4826.v3.n1.5444 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol. 3 No. 1 (2010); 13-20 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol. 3 Núm. 1 (2010); 13-20 Revista del Museo de Antropología; v. 3 n. 1 (2010); 13-20 1852-4826 1852-060X 10.31048/1852.4826.v3.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/5444/5890 Derechos de autor 2010 Irina Capdepont, Gustavo Piñeiro
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topic alfarería
mineralogía
vertisoles
DRX
pottery
mineralogy
vertisol
XRD
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mineralogía
vertisoles
DRX
pottery
mineralogy
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Capdepont, Irina
Piñeiro, Gustavo
Vertisols and indigenous ceramics: a provenience study based on XRD from Guayacas site (Paysandú, Uruguay)
topic_facet alfarería
mineralogía
vertisoles
DRX
pottery
mineralogy
vertisol
XRD
author Capdepont, Irina
Piñeiro, Gustavo
author_facet Capdepont, Irina
Piñeiro, Gustavo
author_sort Capdepont, Irina
title Vertisols and indigenous ceramics: a provenience study based on XRD from Guayacas site (Paysandú, Uruguay)
title_short Vertisols and indigenous ceramics: a provenience study based on XRD from Guayacas site (Paysandú, Uruguay)
title_full Vertisols and indigenous ceramics: a provenience study based on XRD from Guayacas site (Paysandú, Uruguay)
title_fullStr Vertisols and indigenous ceramics: a provenience study based on XRD from Guayacas site (Paysandú, Uruguay)
title_full_unstemmed Vertisols and indigenous ceramics: a provenience study based on XRD from Guayacas site (Paysandú, Uruguay)
title_sort vertisols and indigenous ceramics: a provenience study based on xrd from guayacas site (paysandú, uruguay)
description The most abundant archaeological record in the middle and late Holocene in the litoral region of Uruguay is formed by ceramic materials. Previous information usually comes from macroscopic studies, oriented to the reconstruction of decorative styles, forms, and technology. This paper presents XRD analyses of archaeological ceramics from Guayacas site (Department of Paysandú ). This study seeks to complement the knowledge about the first stage of the process of manufacture: the selection of raw materials. In order to do this, an XRD analysis is also carried out on sediments and outcrops in the area, as well as on sediments from an archaeological excavation. Results indicate that the paste of ceramic materials is uniform and lacks illite-like minerals. The anthropogenic soils present smectite, quartz, illite and mixed clays; the natural soils and outcrops are dominated by smectite and quartz. One of these soils is proposed as a potential source of local raw material. The data obtained provide new information for the understanding of the area of occupation on the Daymán river during the late Holocene.
publisher Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología
publishDate 2010
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/5444
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