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POTTERY MANUFACTURING PRACTICES OF THE VILLAGE COMMUNITIES OF THE BEGINNINGS OF THE FIRST MILLENNIUM (CENTURIES III-VI DC) IN THE ARGENTINE NORTHWEST. STUDIES OF CERAMIC PASTES OF UCHUQUITA (ANILLACO, LA RIOJA)
PRÁCTICAS DE MANUFACTURA ALFARERA DE LAS COMUNIDADES ALDEANAS DE INICIOS DEL PRIMER MILENIO (SIGLOS III-VI DC) EN EL NOROESTE ARGENTINO. ESTUDIOS DE PASTAS CERÁMICAS DE UCHUQUITA (ANILLACO, LA RIOJA)
Sebastián Andrés Carosio, Gabriela Sabatini and Pablo Andrés Cahiza
This article presents the results from the study of ceramics from the Uchuquita architectural complex, located north of the Sierra de Velasco, Argentine Northwest (Anillaco, La Rioja, Argentina). The area was occupied during the beginning of the first millennium of the era (III-VI centuries AD) and constitutes one of the first evidence of the village communities that inhabited the region. From a submacroscopic and microscopic analysis of pastes, we recognize compositional features and their relationship with the geological profile of the area, as well as the technical choices during the pottery production process. The information obtained suggests the existence of local/ microregional production for most of the pottery goods consumed in the area, as well as technological diversities and uniformities in different phases of the operational chain. Likewise, we consider the existence of a tradition of pottery based on the daily practices, the environment, the circulation of goods and people, and the maintenance of regional socio-cultural and technological links, in a context of low-scale domestic production. The data contribute to the knowledge of the historical trajectories of the local communities and are a comparative empirical contribution for this region of the Andes.
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MODES OF USE OF LITHIC TECHNOLOGY DURING EARLY AND MIDDLE HOLOCENE: THE CASE OF PASO OTERO 4 SITE (PAMPEAN REGION, ARGENTINA)
MODOS DE USO DE LA TECNOLOGÍA LÍTICA DURANTE EL HOLOCENO TEMPRANO Y MEDIO: EL CASO DEL SITIO PASO OTERO 4 (“REGIÓN PAMPEANA”, ARGENTINA)
Nélida Pal, Paula Barros, María. A. Gutiérrez and Gustavo Martínez
The main goal of this paper is to carry out a microscopic-based functional analysis in order to contribute to the understanding of the lithic technology of the hunter-gatherer groups that inhabited the Pampean region during the Early and Middle Holocene. To that end, the case of the Paso Otero 4 site is used. This site is located in the middle basin of the Quequén Grande River (Buenos Aires Province) and human occupation there ranged from between ca. 8900 and 4600 years BP. Through the study of the production and use of lithic artifacts, a better understanding of the functionality of the site was achieved. Results allowed to determine that general activities related to the processing of animal and plant resources were performed in the Paso Otero 4 site. Finally, the results were compared with the functional anlyses carried out at Paso Otero 3 site (ca. 4800-3000 BP), and the temporal trends in production and use practices for the period ca. 8900-3000 years BP were analyzed. The comparison of these contexts allowed to identify the production of the same activities (e.g., skin scraping, bone cutting, wood scraping/roughing) during that period, although dissimilar frequencies in the productive processes and edge use through time were detected. These differences are interpreted as a result of the organization of productive activities within the social context of hunter-gatherer groups.
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