Stone tools and Ritual uses: Analysis of the lithic assemblage of Calera site (northwest of Tandilia hills, Pampa grassland, Argentina)

Calera site, located in an intermountain valley in the northwest of Tandilia Hills (Pampa grassland, Argentina), has been interpreted as a ritual context constituted by pits intentionally excavated, which were filled with large amounts and varieties of offerings and ceremonial trash. This site was generated as the result of several rituals performed during band aggregation periods that started at the beginning of the Late Holocene (ca. 3400 years 14C BP) and continued at least until ca. 1750 years 14C BP, suggesting that Calera was used for similar purposes for approximately 1650 years. In this poster we present the result of use-wear analysis carried out on orthoquartzite and chert tools recovered from several pits of this site with the main aim of identifying the production and consumption activities during the rituals.

Fil: Pal, Nélida Marcela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina

Fil: Messineo, Pablo Geronimo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano; Argentina

Fil: Alvarez, Myrian Rosa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina

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