Bone technology in the Inter-hills area (Pampas region, Argentina)
Studies of bone technology in the Inter-hills area are scarce. Previous research has focused on case studies or a brief description of the artifacts as part of broader zooarchaeological studies. In this article, the available information for the Inter-hills area is considered with the aims of charac...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/5581 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=5581_oai |
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| Sumario: | Studies of bone technology in the Inter-hills area are scarce. Previous research has focused on case studies or a brief description of the artifacts as part of broader zooarchaeological studies. In this article, the available information for the Inter-hills area is considered with the aims of characterizing the general aspects of bone technology; evaluating possible changes in the use of bone raw material patterns over time; determining the most represented Class in manufactured artifacts, and comparing the strategies employed in different areas of the Pampas region. The results of the analysis of 36 specimens indicated that almost all of them correspond to finished tools, mostly bevels, and that the most frequent blanks are guanaco long bones, mainly tibiae and metapodials. The strategy used for artifact manufacture is linked to the so-called Class 2, which corresponds to artifacts made from randomly fractured specimens. It is concluded that tool manufacture was directly related to subsistence activities. |
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