Abstract

RESTIFO, Federico. Beyond the Puna: "Saladillo" Artifacts from the Calchaquí Valley (Cachi, Salta, Argentina) as an evidence of Middle Holocene human occupations. Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2019, vol.12, n.1, pp.73-84. ISSN 1852-060X.

Abstract The analysis of cualitative and cuantitative attributes of an assemblage of "Saladillo" artifact from northern Calchaquí valley is presented. The assemblage is available at the Archaeological Museum of Cachi, Salta Province (Argentina) (2500 msnm). The analysis shows similar attributes between the analized assemblage and those from de puna region (>3000 msnm). These results allow to think about end mid Holocene human occupations in the northern Calchaquí valley, taking into account the absolute dates from puna region artifacts. Hence, considering this idea as an starting point, cultural processes that could explain the distribution of this artifact class in valleys and puna, as mobility and information transmission, are proposed. These ideas are thinked as a guide for the research on the human populations before the ca. 3000 AP in ecological zones lower than puna. The relevance of think about research topics on "hunter gatherers" that allows the integration of results of the wide space of the Argentinean Northwest is highlighted.

Keywords : Hunter Gatherers; Puna; Calchaquí Valley; Lithic Artifacts; Middle Holocene.

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