Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American context

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Flegenheimer, Nora; Weitzel, María Celeste; Mazzia, Natalia Irene
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2015
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Miniature points, similar to full-sized types used as hunting weapons, have occasionally been described in North and South America for Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene hunter gatherer societies. They are explained as toys, practice pieces or ceremonial objects. They are an interesting case to use to reflect on how people materialize abstractions, encode visual communication, and develop special practices related to particular places. Here we present six miniature points found at Cerro El Sombrero Cima (Buenos Aires province, Argentina), an early site with an unusual assemblage. Five specimens are fishtail projectile points and the sixth is an undescribed stemmed type. We use relevant theoretical insights and address point life history according to their techno-morphological characteristics, raw material identification and fatty acids and sterols analyses. Finally, these projectile-point miniatures are considered in the context of discard, and their role among early American hunter-gatherers is addressed.
Fil: Flegenheimer, Nora. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Municipalidad de Necochea. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Necochea. Area de Arqueología y Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Weitzel, María Celeste. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Municipalidad de Necochea. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Necochea. Area de Arqueología y Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Mazzia, Natalia Irene. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Municipalidad de Necochea. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Necochea. Area de Arqueología y Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
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CERRO EL SOMBRERO
LATE PLEISTOCENE/EARLY HOLOCENE
MINIATURE PROJECTILE POINTS
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spelling Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American contextFlegenheimer, NoraWeitzel, María CelesteMazzia, Natalia IreneCERRO EL SOMBREROLATE PLEISTOCENE/EARLY HOLOCENEMINIATURE PROJECTILE POINTShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6Miniature points, similar to full-sized types used as hunting weapons, have occasionally been described in North and South America for Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene hunter gatherer societies. They are explained as toys, practice pieces or ceremonial objects. They are an interesting case to use to reflect on how people materialize abstractions, encode visual communication, and develop special practices related to particular places. Here we present six miniature points found at Cerro El Sombrero Cima (Buenos Aires province, Argentina), an early site with an unusual assemblage. Five specimens are fishtail projectile points and the sixth is an undescribed stemmed type. We use relevant theoretical insights and address point life history according to their techno-morphological characteristics, raw material identification and fatty acids and sterols analyses. Finally, these projectile-point miniatures are considered in the context of discard, and their role among early American hunter-gatherers is addressed.Fil: Flegenheimer, Nora. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Municipalidad de Necochea. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Necochea. Area de Arqueología y Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Weitzel, María Celeste. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Municipalidad de Necochea. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Necochea. Area de Arqueología y Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Mazzia, Natalia Irene. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Municipalidad de Necochea. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Necochea. Area de Arqueología y Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; ArgentinaTaylor & Francis2015-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/180385Flegenheimer, Nora; Weitzel, María Celeste; Mazzia, Natalia Irene; Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American context; Taylor & Francis; World Archaeology; 47; 1; 1-2015; 117-1360043-82431470-1375CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/00438243.2014.991806info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T12:01:07Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/180385instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 12:01:07.477CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American context
title Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American context
spellingShingle Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American context
Flegenheimer, Nora
CERRO EL SOMBRERO
LATE PLEISTOCENE/EARLY HOLOCENE
MINIATURE PROJECTILE POINTS
title_short Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American context
title_full Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American context
title_fullStr Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American context
title_full_unstemmed Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American context
title_sort Miniature Points in an exceptional Early South American context
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Flegenheimer, Nora
Weitzel, María Celeste
Mazzia, Natalia Irene
author Flegenheimer, Nora
author_facet Flegenheimer, Nora
Weitzel, María Celeste
Mazzia, Natalia Irene
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author2 Weitzel, María Celeste
Mazzia, Natalia Irene
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CERRO EL SOMBRERO
LATE PLEISTOCENE/EARLY HOLOCENE
MINIATURE PROJECTILE POINTS
topic CERRO EL SOMBRERO
LATE PLEISTOCENE/EARLY HOLOCENE
MINIATURE PROJECTILE POINTS
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Miniature points, similar to full-sized types used as hunting weapons, have occasionally been described in North and South America for Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene hunter gatherer societies. They are explained as toys, practice pieces or ceremonial objects. They are an interesting case to use to reflect on how people materialize abstractions, encode visual communication, and develop special practices related to particular places. Here we present six miniature points found at Cerro El Sombrero Cima (Buenos Aires province, Argentina), an early site with an unusual assemblage. Five specimens are fishtail projectile points and the sixth is an undescribed stemmed type. We use relevant theoretical insights and address point life history according to their techno-morphological characteristics, raw material identification and fatty acids and sterols analyses. Finally, these projectile-point miniatures are considered in the context of discard, and their role among early American hunter-gatherers is addressed.
Fil: Flegenheimer, Nora. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Municipalidad de Necochea. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Necochea. Area de Arqueología y Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Weitzel, María Celeste. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Municipalidad de Necochea. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Necochea. Area de Arqueología y Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Mazzia, Natalia Irene. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Municipalidad de Necochea. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Necochea. Area de Arqueología y Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
description Miniature points, similar to full-sized types used as hunting weapons, have occasionally been described in North and South America for Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene hunter gatherer societies. They are explained as toys, practice pieces or ceremonial objects. They are an interesting case to use to reflect on how people materialize abstractions, encode visual communication, and develop special practices related to particular places. Here we present six miniature points found at Cerro El Sombrero Cima (Buenos Aires province, Argentina), an early site with an unusual assemblage. Five specimens are fishtail projectile points and the sixth is an undescribed stemmed type. We use relevant theoretical insights and address point life history according to their techno-morphological characteristics, raw material identification and fatty acids and sterols analyses. Finally, these projectile-point miniatures are considered in the context of discard, and their role among early American hunter-gatherers is addressed.
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