Abstract

FRANCO, Nora V.  and  CORTEGOSO, Valeria. Theoretical and methodological approaches in lithic analysis in Argentina: the case of technological organization and its background. Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2023, vol.16, n.1, pp.275-298. ISSN 1852-060X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v16.n1.38775.

In this essay we synthesize the approaches that led to the emergence and application of the technological organization approach or paradigm in our country. These are part of the scientific debates that took place in the world in the second half of the 20th century, which significantly changed the objectives of archeology as a discipline. In this synthesis, which does not claim to be exhaustive, we make a brief review of the main changes that these approaches introduce in the way of analyzing and studying the lithic archaeological record. We analyze the way in which they arrived in our country. And give our perspective on the main concepts and discussions arising from its application in Argentina, with emphasis on our study areas -Patagonia and Cuyo-. We understand that the most interesting analyses, which have provided novel contributions and surprises in the interpretation of the archaeological record, have emerged from the combination of this approach with biogeography and the generation of diachronic models that allowed addressing changes in technological strategies at different scales, which also benefited from the development of paleoenvironmental studies. We hope that in the future this integration will allow us to obtain valuable and new information about past human behavior.

Keywords : Tecnological organization; Theretical frameworks; Argentina; Main debates; Current state.

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