Abstract

ESPINOSA, Silvana; BELARDI, Juan Bautista  and  MARINA, Flavia Carballo. LITHIC PROJECTILE POINTS FROM THE MIDDLE AND LOWER BASIN OF THE COYLE RIVER, SANTA CRUZ: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF REGIONAL SPATIAL USE AND THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE MAGALLANES IV STYLE. Intersecciones antropol. [online]. 2020, vol.21, n.2, pp.201-212.  Epub Sep 01, 2020. ISSN 1850-373X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.37176/iea.21.2.2020.560.

This paper introduces the technological analysis of 39 lithic projectile points from the middle and lower basin of the Coyle River. Five technological subgroups manufactured from local high availability raw material are identified. Points were abandoned with high resharpening potential, those from throwing weapon systems predominating, with 31 related to the Magallanes IV design. The data complements discussions on landscape use by Late Holocene hunter-gatherers and incorporates the Coyle River basin within the supraregional distribution of the Magallanes IV design. Results reinforce statements about the continuous spatial distribution of this point design from the Magellan Strait to north of the Santa Cruz River.

Keywords : Projectile points; Magallanes IV; Coyle River; Landscape use; Circulation.

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