First data on obsidian provenance at a formative site in Santa Rosa de los Pastos Grandes, Puna of Salta, Argentina

Analysis of raw material sources may guide research of social interaction. Obsidians constitute a good material since they are internally highly homogeneous in its chemical composition, while meaningfully different between sources, and though obsidian artifacts may have a wide scattered pattern, sou...

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Autores principales: Mercuri, Cecilia, Glascock, Michael D.
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/1845
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Sumario:Analysis of raw material sources may guide research of social interaction. Obsidians constitute a good material since they are internally highly homogeneous in its chemical composition, while meaningfully different between sources, and though obsidian artifacts may have a wide scattered pattern, sources are geographically constrained. This paper is a contribution to the understanding of the interaction networks and their dynamics in the Puna of Argentina during early Formative period (ca. 2500- 1500 BP). We first present the results of XRF analysis carried on obsidian artifacts from Quebrada Alta in Santa Rosa de los Pastos Grandes, in Salta province’s Puna. Then we discuss this evidence within the frame of social interaction networks.