Abstract

SAGHESSI, Daniela. Chopped, abraded and/ or modified by use artifacts in Norpatagonia. The case of the site Loma de los Muertos (Rio Negro province). Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2020, vol.13, n.1, pp.89-94. ISSN 1852-060X.  http://dx.doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v13.n1.24248.

Abstract This paper presents the results of the techno-morphological and morphological-functional analysis of the lithic artifacts made by chopped, abrasion and/or modified by use, from the archaeologic site of Loma de los Muertos (LM) (Northern Patagonia, Argentina). The site is located in Río Negro valley and was interpreted as a residential camp where hunter-gatherer groups carried out domestic and inhumation activities in at least four different occupation episodes during the late Holocene. Until now, a general description of these ground stones is available. This situation is similar to what happens in other areas in Patagonia, where these artifacts were not studied systematically. The main aims of this paper are to determine the raw materials used and to identify potential quarry deposits/outcrops; and to recognize the main processes of production and use of typological groups. The purpose of this study is to infer mobility ranges involved in obtaining the rocks, and to infer the activities developed on the site related to the artifacts production by chopped, abrasion and/or modified by use.

Keywords : Norpatagonia; ground stones; techno-morphological analysis; morpho-functional analysis; Loma de los Muertos.

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