Core reduction practices at Punta de la Peña (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca): an analysis of the different ways of working stones at procurement contexts

Quarry sites present a variable lithic record that is linked to the different technical procedures used by people in extracting the necessary raw materials for subsistence. The purpose of this study was to analyze the diversity of procedures and practices used by knappers for core reduction at quarr...

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Autores principales: Bobillo, Federico M., Aschero, Carlos A.
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spelling I28-R145-6001_oai2025-11-17 Bobillo, Federico M. Aschero, Carlos A. 2019-02-01 Quarry sites present a variable lithic record that is linked to the different technical procedures used by people in extracting the necessary raw materials for subsistence. The purpose of this study was to analyze the diversity of procedures and practices used by knappers for core reduction at quarries. To this end, systematic surveys, sampling, and a techno-typological analysis of cores from two quarries (PPZAC and POZAC) were carried out. We identified different core types (isolated flakes cores, polyhedral cores, bifacial cores, ake-cores, among others) that present particular knapping techniques: simple, bifacial, multifacial and centripetal. In addition, cores with specific treatment of the percussion platforms and the core face were documented. From this study, individual or collective practices and “specific ways of doing” that formed part of the technological systems linked to lithic procurement at volcanic rocks quarries were recorded. Los sitios cantera presentan un registro lítico diverso que se vincula con distintos procedimientos técnicos empleados por las personas para extraer materias primas necesarias para la subsistencia. El presente estudio tuvo por objeto analizar la diversidad de procedimientos y prácticas empleadas por los/as talladores/as para efectuar la reducción de núcleos en canteras. Para ello, se efectuaron prospecciones sistemáticas, muestreos y un análisis técnico-tipológico de conjuntos de núcleos de dos canteras de vulcanitas (PPZAC y POZAC), situadas en la localidad de Punta de la Peña (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca). Como parte de este estudio se registraron distintos grupos de núcleos (de lascados aislados, poliédricos, bifaciales, nucleiformes, entre otros) que presentan técnicas de talla particulares, entre ellas: talla simple, bifacial, multifacial y centrípeta; además de núcleos que poseen tratamientos específicos de las plataformas de percusión y de los frentes de extracción. A partir de esta investigación se registraron prácticas individuales o colectivas y los “modos de hacer específicos” que se llevaron a cabo en los sistemas tecnológicos vinculados al aprovisionamiento lítico en canteras de vulcanitas. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/6001 10.34096/arqueologia.t25.n1.6001 spa Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/6001/5307 Derechos de autor 2019 Federico M. Bobillo, Carlos A. Aschero Arqueología; Vol. 25 No. 1 (2019): January-April; 13-37 Arqueología; Vol. 25 Núm. 1 (2019): enero-abril; 13-37 1853-8126 0327-5159 Aprovisionamiento lítico Canteras Prácticas de reducción Núcleos Análisis técnico-tipológico Estrategias tecnológicas Lithic procurement Quarries Reduction practices Cores Techno-typological analysis Technological strategies Core reduction practices at Punta de la Peña (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca): an analysis of the different ways of working stones at procurement contexts Prácticas de reducción de núcleos en Punta de la Peña (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca): un análisis de los distintos modos de trabajar las rocas en contextos de aprovisionamiento info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=6001_oai
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topic Aprovisionamiento lítico
Canteras
Prácticas de reducción
Núcleos
Análisis técnico-tipológico
Estrategias tecnológicas
Lithic procurement
Quarries
Reduction practices
Cores
Techno-typological analysis
Technological strategies
spellingShingle Aprovisionamiento lítico
Canteras
Prácticas de reducción
Núcleos
Análisis técnico-tipológico
Estrategias tecnológicas
Lithic procurement
Quarries
Reduction practices
Cores
Techno-typological analysis
Technological strategies
Bobillo, Federico M.
Aschero, Carlos A.
Core reduction practices at Punta de la Peña (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca): an analysis of the different ways of working stones at procurement contexts
topic_facet Aprovisionamiento lítico
Canteras
Prácticas de reducción
Núcleos
Análisis técnico-tipológico
Estrategias tecnológicas
Lithic procurement
Quarries
Reduction practices
Cores
Techno-typological analysis
Technological strategies
description Quarry sites present a variable lithic record that is linked to the different technical procedures used by people in extracting the necessary raw materials for subsistence. The purpose of this study was to analyze the diversity of procedures and practices used by knappers for core reduction at quarries. To this end, systematic surveys, sampling, and a techno-typological analysis of cores from two quarries (PPZAC and POZAC) were carried out. We identified different core types (isolated flakes cores, polyhedral cores, bifacial cores, ake-cores, among others) that present particular knapping techniques: simple, bifacial, multifacial and centripetal. In addition, cores with specific treatment of the percussion platforms and the core face were documented. From this study, individual or collective practices and “specific ways of doing” that formed part of the technological systems linked to lithic procurement at volcanic rocks quarries were recorded.
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title Core reduction practices at Punta de la Peña (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca): an analysis of the different ways of working stones at procurement contexts
title_short Core reduction practices at Punta de la Peña (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca): an analysis of the different ways of working stones at procurement contexts
title_full Core reduction practices at Punta de la Peña (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca): an analysis of the different ways of working stones at procurement contexts
title_fullStr Core reduction practices at Punta de la Peña (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca): an analysis of the different ways of working stones at procurement contexts
title_full_unstemmed Core reduction practices at Punta de la Peña (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca): an analysis of the different ways of working stones at procurement contexts
title_sort core reduction practices at punta de la peña (antofagasta de la sierra, catamarca): an analysis of the different ways of working stones at procurement contexts
publisher Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
publishDate 2019
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