Lithic Technology Analysis at Cueva Maripe Site (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

  • Darío O. Hermo CONICET – División Arqueología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
  • Virginia Lynch CONICET – División Arqueología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/REAA.61970
Keywords: Lithic raw materials, Patagonia, hunter-gatherers.

Abstract

Lithic production strategies involve choices linked to the procurement and processing of rocks. These strategies respond to social and environmental variables which can be studied through the artifacts. This paper analyzes the Cueva Maripe site, located in the Central plateau of Santa Cruz (Argentina) in which occupations were recorded from ca. 9500 to ca. 1000 years BP. Much of the previously analyzed lithic material corresponds to the mid Holocene. This paper updates the already existing data with those obtained in a recent field work in order to integrate the information of the lithic assemblages recovered at Cueva Maripe site. From this analysis different production strategies for the occupation periods identified at the cave are proposed. The obtained results allowed expand our knowledge about the human occupations at Cueva Maripe site and the relationship that these groups of hunter-gatherers had with their environment.

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Published
2018-10-16
How to Cite
Hermo D. O. y Lynch V. (2018). Lithic Technology Analysis at Cueva Maripe Site (Santa Cruz, Argentina). Revista Española de Antropología Americana, 47, 69-90. https://doi.org/10.5209/REAA.61970
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Vol. 47 (2017): Dossier: Apuntes arqueológicos sobre la Cuenca de México
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