The archaeological record of mid-altitude valleys in the Diamante river basin
In this paper, we present the analysis of material from four archaeological sites located in the mid-altitude valleys in the Diamante River Basin: El Perdido 1, El Perdido 4, El Perdido 5, and HI95. Archaeological information from the surface and stratified excavations is presented. The objective of...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | http://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/analarqueyetno/article/view/2863 http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/11584 |
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| Sumario: | In this paper, we present the analysis of material from four archaeological sites located in the mid-altitude valleys in the Diamante River Basin: El Perdido 1, El Perdido 4, El Perdido 5, and HI95. Archaeological information from the surface and stratified excavations is presented. The objective of this paper is to characterize the settlements and subsistence patterns of the people who inhabited this part of the basin as well as changes over time. In this regard, there are differences in the intensity of the occupations. El Perdido 1 has the highest occupational intensity and artefactual diversity. HI95 has the lowest area-densityindex, showing a less intense use. These differences have been analyzed considering lithic raw material availability and their locations. Regarding temporal trends, the use of local materials is documented for the first half of the late Holocene, and non-local materials, such as obsidian and non-local ceramic styles,starting two thousand years ago. It is concluded that these sites were occupied by mobile hunter-gatherers with very similar characteristics to those living in neighboring river basins. |
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