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Andes
On-line version ISSN 1668-8090
Abstract
PATANE ARAOZ, Claudio Javier; PIRAINO, Javier Luis and REALE, Brian. Study of an open-air site of hunter-gatherer in the Salar del Hombre Muerto (boundary area of Salta and Catamarca provinces): A contribution to the archeology of the early holocene in the Puna of Northwestern Argentina. Andes [online]. 2020, vol.31, n.2, pp.00-0. ISSN 1668-8090.
We present the results obtained in the investigation of an open-air archaeological site (SHM-S2-s2) located in the southwestern slopes of the cerro Ratones (Salar del Hombre Muerto, bordering area of the provinces of Salta and Catamarca). The site is composed by a dispersion of lithic artifacts at surface (SHM-S2-s2/2) and a spatially associated parapet (SHM-S2-s2/1). Here we will examine a lithic assemblage collected from the surface through its techno-morphological and morphological-functional analysis. On the other hand, the results obtained in the excavation of the parapet will be presented. The chronology of the site, established in a relative basis by surface registers of diagnostic morphological types (non-stemmed triangular points), corresponds to the early Holocene. In order to analyze the morphological variability of these points, we used a univariate statistical test, comparing them with similar artifacts from other NOA sites. These records allow this area of the Puna to be included into the earliest moments of human peopling in northwestern Argentina.
Keywords : Salar del Hombre Muerto; Hunter-gatherers; Non-stemmed triangular points; Early Holocene.