The Use of the Form: Functional Analysis of Lower Component Artifacts from Piedra Museo (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

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Lynch, Virginia; Hermo, Dario Omar; Alvarez, Myrian Rosa
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2012
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The Piedra Museo archaeological site is located in the central plateau of Santa Cruz, Argentina. This site includes two rock shelters named ‘Alero El Puesto 1’(AEP-1) and ‘Alero El Galpón 2’ (AEG-2) site, both sites located on the basis of a tuffaceous conglomerate of Jurassic marine ingression called El Museo Formation. The lower component of AEP-1 has been considered as a killing prey and primary meat cutting area in the Pleistocene-Holocene. Although many macroscopic analyses of lithic artifacts have been carried out on this area, little is known about the used of these artifacts. The main objective of this study is to provide preliminary results of use-wear analysis addresses to determine the functionality of archaeological artifacts and to assess the relationship between artifacts functionality and the pieces design. We included microscopic analysis of lithic artifacts from stratigraphic units 4/5 and 6, characterized by the presence of unifacial pieces, flakes and fragments of fishtail proyectil points. Results showed that most of the piece edges were altered by post-depositional processes that hindered our capacity of identifying use-wear traces. Despite these problems, the application of use-wear method allowed us to establish general guidelines about the consumption strategies of hunting-gatherers societies.
Fil: Lynch, Virginia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Hermo, Dario Omar. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Alvarez, Myrian Rosa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
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Micro-wear analysis
Lithic technology
Piedra Museo
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Use of the Form: Functional Analysis of Lower Component Artifacts from Piedra Museo (Santa Cruz, Argentina)
title The Use of the Form: Functional Analysis of Lower Component Artifacts from Piedra Museo (Santa Cruz, Argentina)
spellingShingle The Use of the Form: Functional Analysis of Lower Component Artifacts from Piedra Museo (Santa Cruz, Argentina)
Lynch, Virginia
Micro-wear analysis
Lithic technology
Piedra Museo
title_short The Use of the Form: Functional Analysis of Lower Component Artifacts from Piedra Museo (Santa Cruz, Argentina)
title_full The Use of the Form: Functional Analysis of Lower Component Artifacts from Piedra Museo (Santa Cruz, Argentina)
title_fullStr The Use of the Form: Functional Analysis of Lower Component Artifacts from Piedra Museo (Santa Cruz, Argentina)
title_full_unstemmed The Use of the Form: Functional Analysis of Lower Component Artifacts from Piedra Museo (Santa Cruz, Argentina)
title_sort The Use of the Form: Functional Analysis of Lower Component Artifacts from Piedra Museo (Santa Cruz, Argentina)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lynch, Virginia
Hermo, Dario Omar
Alvarez, Myrian Rosa
author Lynch, Virginia
author_facet Lynch, Virginia
Hermo, Dario Omar
Alvarez, Myrian Rosa
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Alvarez, Myrian Rosa
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Micro-wear analysis
Lithic technology
Piedra Museo
topic Micro-wear analysis
Lithic technology
Piedra Museo
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The Piedra Museo archaeological site is located in the central plateau of Santa Cruz, Argentina. This site includes two rock shelters named ‘Alero El Puesto 1’(AEP-1) and ‘Alero El Galpón 2’ (AEG-2) site, both sites located on the basis of a tuffaceous conglomerate of Jurassic marine ingression called El Museo Formation. The lower component of AEP-1 has been considered as a killing prey and primary meat cutting area in the Pleistocene-Holocene. Although many macroscopic analyses of lithic artifacts have been carried out on this area, little is known about the used of these artifacts. The main objective of this study is to provide preliminary results of use-wear analysis addresses to determine the functionality of archaeological artifacts and to assess the relationship between artifacts functionality and the pieces design. We included microscopic analysis of lithic artifacts from stratigraphic units 4/5 and 6, characterized by the presence of unifacial pieces, flakes and fragments of fishtail proyectil points. Results showed that most of the piece edges were altered by post-depositional processes that hindered our capacity of identifying use-wear traces. Despite these problems, the application of use-wear method allowed us to establish general guidelines about the consumption strategies of hunting-gatherers societies.
Fil: Lynch, Virginia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Hermo, Dario Omar. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Alvarez, Myrian Rosa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
description The Piedra Museo archaeological site is located in the central plateau of Santa Cruz, Argentina. This site includes two rock shelters named ‘Alero El Puesto 1’(AEP-1) and ‘Alero El Galpón 2’ (AEG-2) site, both sites located on the basis of a tuffaceous conglomerate of Jurassic marine ingression called El Museo Formation. The lower component of AEP-1 has been considered as a killing prey and primary meat cutting area in the Pleistocene-Holocene. Although many macroscopic analyses of lithic artifacts have been carried out on this area, little is known about the used of these artifacts. The main objective of this study is to provide preliminary results of use-wear analysis addresses to determine the functionality of archaeological artifacts and to assess the relationship between artifacts functionality and the pieces design. We included microscopic analysis of lithic artifacts from stratigraphic units 4/5 and 6, characterized by the presence of unifacial pieces, flakes and fragments of fishtail proyectil points. Results showed that most of the piece edges were altered by post-depositional processes that hindered our capacity of identifying use-wear traces. Despite these problems, the application of use-wear method allowed us to establish general guidelines about the consumption strategies of hunting-gatherers societies.
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