Uso del espacio y producción lítica en Amaicha del Valle (Departamento Tafí del Valle, Tucumán)
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Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad
de Ciencias Sociales
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La ocupación prehispánica de Amaicha del Valle (provincia de Tucumán) posee
cierta profundidad temporal evidenciada por la variabilidad funcional y la
cronología de sitios arqueológicos. En principio, el registro lítico
muestra que la mayor variabilidad ocupacional se encontraría en sitios a
cielo abierto, cuyos restos arqueológicos indican la presencia de grupos
cazadores-recolectores así como agro-alfareros. Esta diacronía ha sido
inferida, junto a otros elementos, en base a la evidencia de reclamación de
artefactos registrada a través de pátinas diferenciadas. Estas pátinas
indicarían un contraste temporal entre el descarte original y la posterior
retoma y reutilización del artefacto. Esto permite asumir que los lugares
donde se dan los procesos de reclamación son espacios sujetos a posibles
reocupaciones, pudiendo actuar como fuentes terciarias de
aprovisionamiento. Teniendo en cuenta el registro arqueológico que avala
una prolongada ocupación humana en esta zona, los sitios arqueológicos
considerados conforman unidades espaciales de análisis adecuadas para
abordar el tema del uso del espacio en relación a la producción lítica. En
Campo Blanco (taller lítico que se presenta a cielo abierto) y en Bajo Los
Cardones (sitio habitacional agro-alfarero temprano, próximo al taller),
los vestigios arqueológicos evidencian procesos de abandono, reutilización
y reocupación a través del tiempo. El objetivo de este trabajo es
establecer de qué manera se integraron los espacios construidos y no
construidos, en términos de producción lítica, a partir del análisis
tecno-morfológico y tipológico de los conjuntos artefactuales procedentes
de un muestreo sistemático. A partir de los resultados obtenidos se
estableció: 1) la explotación diferencial de materias primas líticas; 2) la
presencia de la totalidad de las actividades de la secuencia de producción,
discutiéndose el marcado énfasis de las diferentes etapas para cada sitio,
y 3) la caracterización del sistema de producción lítica y la manera en que
el taller Campo Blanco habría funcionado como fuente terciaria para las
sociedades asentadas en los alrededores, tomando como caso de estudio el
sitio Bajo Los Cardones.
The pre-Hispanic occupation of Amaicha del Valle (Province of Tucumán) has a particular temporal depth, which is demonstrated by a functional and chronological variability of archaeological sites. In principle, the lithic record indicates that the greatest occupational variability is in open-sky sites, in which archaeological remains indicate the presence of both hunter-gatherer groups and agriculturists-potters. This diachronic has been deduced, together with other elements, based on the evidence of reclaimed lithic artifacts that have been recorded on the basis of distinct patinas. These patinas should indicate a temporal contrast between the original discard and the subsequent taking up and reutilization of the artifacts. This enables one to assume that the places where the reclamation processes take place are spaces which are subject to possible re-occupations, and may have acted as tertiary sources of supplies. Considering that the archaeological record supports a long human occupation in this area, the sites that were examined make up units of spatial analysis which are relevant to tackling the theme of the use of space in relation to lithic production. In Campo Blanco (an openair lithic workshop) and Bajo Los Cardones (an early housing agriculture-potter site near the workshop) the archaeological remains demonstrate abandonment, reutilization and reoccupation processes through time. The aim of this research is to establish in which way the built and non-built spaces were integrated, in terms of lithic production, from the technomorphologic and typological analysis of the artifact assemblages from a systematic sample. The results obtained established the following. 1) The differential exploitation of lithic raw materials. 2) The presence of all of the activities involved in the production sequence, including a marked emphasis on the different stages for each site. 3) The characterization of the lithic production system and the way in which the Campo Blanco workshop could have functioned as a tertiary source for the societies settled in the area, using Bajo Los Cardones as a case study.
Fil: Somonte, Carolina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; Argentina.
The pre-Hispanic occupation of Amaicha del Valle (Province of Tucumán) has a particular temporal depth, which is demonstrated by a functional and chronological variability of archaeological sites. In principle, the lithic record indicates that the greatest occupational variability is in open-sky sites, in which archaeological remains indicate the presence of both hunter-gatherer groups and agriculturists-potters. This diachronic has been deduced, together with other elements, based on the evidence of reclaimed lithic artifacts that have been recorded on the basis of distinct patinas. These patinas should indicate a temporal contrast between the original discard and the subsequent taking up and reutilization of the artifacts. This enables one to assume that the places where the reclamation processes take place are spaces which are subject to possible re-occupations, and may have acted as tertiary sources of supplies. Considering that the archaeological record supports a long human occupation in this area, the sites that were examined make up units of spatial analysis which are relevant to tackling the theme of the use of space in relation to lithic production. In Campo Blanco (an openair lithic workshop) and Bajo Los Cardones (an early housing agriculture-potter site near the workshop) the archaeological remains demonstrate abandonment, reutilization and reoccupation processes through time. The aim of this research is to establish in which way the built and non-built spaces were integrated, in terms of lithic production, from the technomorphologic and typological analysis of the artifact assemblages from a systematic sample. The results obtained established the following. 1) The differential exploitation of lithic raw materials. 2) The presence of all of the activities involved in the production sequence, including a marked emphasis on the different stages for each site. 3) The characterization of the lithic production system and the way in which the Campo Blanco workshop could have functioned as a tertiary source for the societies settled in the area, using Bajo Los Cardones as a case study.
Fil: Somonte, Carolina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; Argentina.
Keywords
Uso del espacio, Producción lítica, Amaicha del Valle, Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, Argentina, Fuente terciaria, Artefactos líticos, Sitios arqueológicos, Cazadores-recolectores, Agro-alfareros, Bajo Los Cardones, Ocupación humana