Sources of lithic material procurement in Estancia La Suiza archeological locality (San Luis, Argentina)

The present study is the first step in the elaboration of a regional base of lithic resources for an area located in the northeastern San Luis province, Argentina. Within this area lies the Estancia La Suiza archeological locality, near the hills of Sierra de la Estanzuela, where prehistoric quarry...

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Autor principal: Sario, Gisela Mariela
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2013
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/10956
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/10956
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institution Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
institution_str I-10
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collection Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC)
language Inglés
topic LITHIC TECHNOLOGY
PREHISTORIC QUARRIES
RAW MATERIALS
SIERRAS PAMPEANAS
SAN LUIS
Arqueología
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
spellingShingle LITHIC TECHNOLOGY
PREHISTORIC QUARRIES
RAW MATERIALS
SIERRAS PAMPEANAS
SAN LUIS
Arqueología
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Sario, Gisela Mariela
Sources of lithic material procurement in Estancia La Suiza archeological locality (San Luis, Argentina)
topic_facet LITHIC TECHNOLOGY
PREHISTORIC QUARRIES
RAW MATERIALS
SIERRAS PAMPEANAS
SAN LUIS
Arqueología
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
description The present study is the first step in the elaboration of a regional base of lithic resources for an area located in the northeastern San Luis province, Argentina. Within this area lies the Estancia La Suiza archeological locality, near the hills of Sierra de la Estanzuela, where prehistoric quarry workshops have been identified. The main objective of this work was to explore the use of the different raw materials by prehistoric groups. The general geological setting of the hills of Sierra de la Estanzuela is described, and a distribution of raw material in the area is proposed. The principal sources of lithic material procurement representing the archeological record were identified, and lithic types were quantified and classified. Finally, the lithic material recovered from the Estancia La Suiza 2 quarry was characterized; the results show that the artifacts correspond to the earliest stages of production.
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author Sario, Gisela Mariela
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title Sources of lithic material procurement in Estancia La Suiza archeological locality (San Luis, Argentina)
title_short Sources of lithic material procurement in Estancia La Suiza archeological locality (San Luis, Argentina)
title_full Sources of lithic material procurement in Estancia La Suiza archeological locality (San Luis, Argentina)
title_fullStr Sources of lithic material procurement in Estancia La Suiza archeological locality (San Luis, Argentina)
title_full_unstemmed Sources of lithic material procurement in Estancia La Suiza archeological locality (San Luis, Argentina)
title_sort sources of lithic material procurement in estancia la suiza archeological locality (san luis, argentina)
publisher Springer
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/10956
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/10956
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