Hernán De Angelis

Materias promas lejanas: Explotación de recursos líticos no locales para la confección de micro-raspadores en el centro de Tierra del Fuego: el caso arqueológico Kami

The objective of this paper is to present the results obtained from the study of a set of micro endscrapers from the Kami 1 archaeological site, located on the south shore of Fagnano Lake. This assemblage presents as an outstanding feature, a high percentage of instruments made in a rock whose origin could be located more than 200 km away from the site. In order to undertake this study, we carried out techno-morphological and functional analysis on these artifacts. It was thus possible to determine the processes of production and use of this series of endscrapers within the operative chain. On the other hand, the analysis of possible supply sources allows us to discuss the role of these resources within the circuits of mobility and exchange of hunter-gatherer societies.

TALLANDO DESDE LO ALTO: UN SITIO DE EXPLOTACIÓN DE MATERIALES LÍTICOS DE LOS GRUPOS CAZADORES-RECOLECTORES DE LA ISLA GRANDE DE TIERRA DEL FUEGO

This paper provides the initial results obtained from the analysis of a lithic workshop, named Altos del Varela I, located on the top of Petersen hill in Tierra del Fuego Island (Argentina). The site contains distinctive areas entirely composed of a high frequency of flmade from local metamorphic rhyolite. These results open the debate about the use of mountain landscape between the fuegian hunter-gatherers as well as the interaction between coastal and inland groups.