On the shores of Samborombón river. First results of El Puesto archaeological site (Punta Indio, Buenos Aires province, Argentina)
El Puesto archaeological site (Punta Indio, Buenos Aires province) is located at the Samborombón river lower basin, on a fluvial ridge adjacent to the floodplain. This paper presents the first results of the research carried out at the site and discusses the features of the archaeological record, th...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2023
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| Sumario: | El Puesto archaeological site (Punta Indio, Buenos Aires province) is located at the Samborombón river lower basin, on a fluvial ridge adjacent to the floodplain. This paper presents the first results of the research carried out at the site and discusses the features of the archaeological record, the chronological information, and the postdepositional processes that affected it. El Puesto constitutes an unicomponent shallow site, with a minimum area of 350 m2. The evidence recovered up to a depth of 0.35 m consists mainly of ceramics and archaeofaunistic materials and to a lesser extent lithic remains, carbonized wood fragments, clay dough, and materials from historical moments (metal, glass, etc.). The heterogeneous nature of the traces identified in the remains indicates the complex formation of the archaeological record. A radiocarbon date of 260 ± 24 BP (1640-1800 cal. years) shows that El Puesto was occupied after the Hispanic-indigenous contact. Considering the characteristics of the area and its conditions of visibility and accessibility, similar to those of other archaeological contexts in the region, El Puesto can be provisionally defined as a hunter-gatherer multiple activities site, with sporadic and possibly recurring occupations. The scarcity of recovered materials could be linked to the sporadic nature of the represented occupation(s), to a highly mobile population dynamic, and/or to the post-depositional incidence of different agents. The analysis carried out indicates that the site would have been affected over time by the combined action of various post-depositional processes such as bioturbation, trampling, and hydric action. |
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