Abstract

LOPEZ, Gabriel E. J. The Alero Cuevas site, Pastos Grandes, Puna of Salta: Update and archaeological synthesis of the changes recorded throughout the Holocene in a regional perspective. Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2021, vol.14, n.3, pp.00-00. ISSN 1852-060X.  http://dx.doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v14.n3.33842.

Abstract An updated synthesis of the archaeological evidence of the Alero Cuevas site, Pastos Grandes, Puna of Salta, is presented, along the stratigraphic sequence dated to the Early, Middle and Late Holocene. The archaeological information from this site is discussed within the regional framework of the Pastos Grandes basin and the Puna of Argentina. This regional perspective is useful to address various processes of change that occurred during the Holocene. In particular, the archaeological evidence of Alero Cuevas contributes to the study of the variations related to the intensification and domestication of camelids, mobility and interaction on a large scale, and technological changes, among other aspects. The results of the research allowed us to analyze these issues from different indicators, especially archaeofaunal and lithic ones. The most notable changes occurred from the late Middle Holocene and deepened during the Late Holocene. Likewise, continuities have been detected in the strategies of use of the site on a long-term chronological scale.

Keywords : Alero Cuevas; Puna; Archaeological evidence; Regional perspective.

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