Surveys at Caracoles-Pinturas canyons confluence. Santa Cruz, Argentina
The initial results of surveys carried out at the confluence of Caracoles and Pinturas canyons, in the northwest of Santa Cruz province, are presented. The tasks carried out included locating the sites identified by Gradin and collaborators, the initial recording of the rock art in one of them, and...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/7675 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=7675_oai |
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| Sumario: | The initial results of surveys carried out at the confluence of Caracoles and Pinturas canyons, in the northwest of Santa Cruz province, are presented. The tasks carried out included locating the sites identified by Gradin and collaborators, the initial recording of the rock art in one of them, and surveying using directed transects. The preliminary analysis of the recovered lithic material showed the selection of high-quality siliceous rocks and obsidian for making scrapers and stemmed projectile points. One of the ultimate goals of our research is to identify the temporal depth in the use of this particular area to evaluate the role it could have had in the human circulation towards the mountain-range area. Although the surveys did not provide datable evidence, the assemblages recovered are associated with ceramic sherds related to occupations that can be placed during the Late Holocene. |
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