2021
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-021-01314-3
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Technology, subsistence, and mobility of Middle to Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in the southern Pampas: new archaeological data from Las Toscas shallow lake (Argentina)

Abstract: Despite a long history of hunter-gatherer occupation in the Pampas region starting at the end of the Pleistocene, the known archaeological record is still sparse for some periods, such as the Middle Holocene. Here, we present new archaeological data from Las Toscas shallow lake, located in the inland plains of the southern Pampas, where systematic fieldwork revealed an abundant and diverse archaeological record resulting from hunter-gatherer occupation. The aims of this study were to establish the chronology o… Show more

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“…In regards to hunting strategies, the water attracted different mammals, like the guanaco (the most prominent game recovered in archaeological sites in the region), providing huntergatherers the opportunity to stalk or trap their prey using these natural features of the landscape (Kaufmann et al 2021). Many archaeological sites from the interhill Pampas near water show evidence of repeated and frequent use, and are interpreted as persistent places (sensu Schlanger 1992: 92) (e.g., Arroyo Seco 2, Paso Mayor, and Las Toscas 5; Bayón et al 2010;Massigoge et al 2021;Politis et al 2016). While bodies of water did not show high relative contributions to the Maxent model, they were clearly a vital resource.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In regards to hunting strategies, the water attracted different mammals, like the guanaco (the most prominent game recovered in archaeological sites in the region), providing huntergatherers the opportunity to stalk or trap their prey using these natural features of the landscape (Kaufmann et al 2021). Many archaeological sites from the interhill Pampas near water show evidence of repeated and frequent use, and are interpreted as persistent places (sensu Schlanger 1992: 92) (e.g., Arroyo Seco 2, Paso Mayor, and Las Toscas 5; Bayón et al 2010;Massigoge et al 2021;Politis et al 2016). While bodies of water did not show high relative contributions to the Maxent model, they were clearly a vital resource.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Los conjuntos líticos de estos sitios muestran una tecnología de talla orientada principalmente a la producción de lascas, utilizadas como soporte para la manufactura de instrumentos mayormente unifaciales. Las materias primas empleadas para la manufactura de artefactos se obtuvieron principalmente en el sector centro-oriental del sistema serrano de Tandilia, donde se seleccionaron preferentemente ortocuarcitas del Grupo Sierras Bayas -GSB- (Massigoge y Pal 2011;Massigoge et al 2018Massigoge et al , 2021, que constituyen las rocas de mejor calidad para la talla disponibles en la región (Bayón et al 1999). Además, en todos estos sitios se han recuperado, en mayor o menor frecuencia, fragmentos minerales de materias primas colorantes que, en general, son de pequeño tamaño y no presentan evidencia de manufactura.…”
Section: Rocas Pigmentarias En Los Contextos Arqueológicos Estudiadosunclassified
“…La mayor parte de los materiales se hallaron concentrados en un área de unos 45 x 30 cm, mientras que su distribución vertical no superó los 10 cm de profundidad. Dado el volumen de material pigmentario, así como su circunscripción espacial, se propuso que este rasgo podría corresponder a un escondrijo, que no pudo ser datado debido a la falta de asociación con materiales orgánicos (Massigoge et al 2021). En gran parte de la costa de la laguna, incluyendo el sector donde se halló la acumulación de pigmentos, se identificaron materiales arqueológicos en superficie, en particular artefactos líticos manufacturados en ortocuarcitas del GSB.…”
Section: Rocas Pigmentarias En Los Contextos Arqueológicos Estudiadosunclassified
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