Techno-economic Approach to Early Lithic Industries of Fuego-Patagonia, Discussing Interactions Among Culture, Society, and the Environment (50º-56º South Latitude)

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This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In this paper, we discuss studies of the early lithic materials from Fell Cave and Cueva del Medio (c. 13.000 cal BP) in comparison with Holocene industries from Punta Santa Ana 1, Marazzi 1, Cabo Monmouth 20, Pizzulic 2. Three main axes are assessed: first, transport and interactions related to non-local raw materials; second, elaborated core reduction methods and débitage with predetermination (for example Levallois, bifacial shapping, blade and blade tendency reductions) as the action modes that can be related to complex processes of knowledge sharing and transmission; and, third, functional analysis related to chaine operatoires and tool kit behavior managements. Still, a large range of techno-economic strategies are observed and better understood within multiple scales and degrees of interaction among human groups and paleoenvironments. The results have a direct rapport with the key role of early marine nomads since c. 7000 cal BP and dynamics related to biogeographic barrier notions related to the Strait of Magellan. This presentation is funded by grants: ANID/BASAL FB210018, FONDECYT 1211976, 1231691 & 1220219.

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• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40390.0