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- Title
Investigaciones geoarqueológicas de fuentes líticas en los Andes argentinos: génesis de las rocas, costos de accesibilidad y sistemas de producción lítica.
- Authors
Castro, Silvina; Yebra, Lucía; Cortegoso, Valeria; Lucero, Gustavo; Durán, Víctor; Marsh, Erik; Winocur, Diego
- Abstract
This article presents a synthesis of geoarchaeological studies of lithic raw material sources and quarries from three high-altitude areas in Mendoza and San Juan (29-34°S). These studies sought to identify the origin of the geological outcrops, their availability to humans as lithic resource, means of provisioning, and variable production systems. The studies rely on interdisciplinary field surveys and incorporate a variety of methods such as petrography, geochemistry, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In the San Juan province (29°S), ten primary and secondary lithic sources were differentially exploited for around 8500 years. In the northwest of Mendoza province (32°S), Darwin's petrified forest and the Los Colorados formation were used as quarries. In the center of Mendoza province (34°S), two local obsidian geochemical signatures were identified. We emphasize the potential of this kind of studies to evaluate continuities and changes in human mobility strategies in high-altitude areas in central western Argentina.
- Subjects
MENDOZA (Argentina); SAN Juan (P.R.); PETROLOGY; OBSIDIAN; QUARRIES &; quarrying; RAW materials; HUMAN capital; GRAVETTIAN culture; GEOGRAPHIC information systems
- Publication
Revista del Museo de Antropología, 2020, Vol 13, Issue 1, p185
- ISSN
1852-060X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31048/1852.4826.v13.n1.24008