Similar is not necessarily identical: reclamation of a projectile point design in the transition to food production in Antofagasta de la Sierra (Province of Catamarca, Argentina)
Reclamation processes are relatively frequent in archaeological sites of Northwest Argentina. In the cases described so far, reclamation involves the recovery of artifacts from archaeological contexts in the past. In this paper we discuss the possible reclamation of a stemmed projectile point design...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/9935 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=9935_oai |
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| Sumario: | Reclamation processes are relatively frequent in archaeological sites of Northwest Argentina. In the cases described so far, reclamation involves the recovery of artifacts from archaeological contexts in the past. In this paper we discuss the possible reclamation of a stemmed projectile point design, among other possibilities, that characterized the early occupations by the late hunter-gatherers occupations at Antofagasta de la Sierra (Catamarca). There is evidence of a discontinuity in the use of this projectile point design for 4000 years. In addition, later points do not exhibit evidence of reclamation, such as differential patina. A contextual, techno-typological, and weapon systems analysis is carried out on projectile points recovered at Punta de la Peña 4 (4500-3800 BP). This collection is compared with published data of artefacts from Quebrada Seca 3 (9800-7700 BP). Our results indicate that, beyond the morphological similarities observed, the earlier and later projectile points exhibit differences in shape and dimensions in their original designs and life stories. The analysis of the weapon systems also shows differences; later points are dart points and earlier points correspond to spear points at the beginning of their life history, with the possibility of becoming part of a dart technology due to maintenance/re-working. This allows to discuss the ascription of designs to specific types with consequences in the construction of typologies, the effects of maintenance/reworking on the identification of weapons, and to explore the application of the notions of copying and mimesis. |
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