New contributions to hunter-gatherers archeology of south american lowlands: the Cañada Saldaña site (Soriano, Uruguay). Reanalysis of Oliveras collectiond and new contextual and chronological data
This work presents a review of the ceramic, lithic and bone materials from Oliveras´s collection, recovered from the Cañada Saldaña site in the 1950s. In addition, new contextual and chronological data obtained from recent field and laboratory work are provided. The site is located on the left bank...
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Archaeology Department of the School of Anthropology, Faculty of the Humanities and Arts, National University of Rosario
2022
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| Sumario: | This work presents a review of the ceramic, lithic and bone materials from Oliveras´s collection, recovered from the Cañada Saldaña site in the 1950s. In addition, new contextual and chronological data obtained from recent field and laboratory work are provided. The site is located on the left bank of the Uruguay river (República Oriental del Uruguay, Soriano Department) on a coastal beach ridge formed from the decrease in sea level after the maximum transgressive Holocene. The recovered archaeological assemblage was generated by Late Holocene hunter-gatherers, who present numerous points of contact with the later contexts generically known as “Goya-Malabrigo”. The radiocarbon dates indicate that the site was occupied between ca. 1900 and 1700 years 14C B.P. The recovered context corresponds probably to a base-camp with a significant residential stability. The context includes pottery with a great stylistic complexity and a significant typological variability, lithic instruments (including bola stones), and a large number of bone artifacts. The subsistence was based on the exploitation of the fauna resources of the interior plain and the fluvial environment. The characteristics of the context are discussed in relation to others in the region that have the same antiquity, and some data related to its formation process are presented. |
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