Quartz quarries and analysis of artifacts from Piedra Blanca site (Copacabana, Córdoba)
Quartz is the primary raw material found in most archaeological sites of the Sierras Centrales region, although it is also found in lower proportions in other Argentine regions. This research reports a technological-typological analysis of knapped quartz products, in a quarry at Valle de Copacabana,...
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I28-R145-2232_oai2025-11-17 Sario, Gisela Pautassi, Eduardo 2016-05-09 Quartz is the primary raw material found in most archaeological sites of the Sierras Centrales region, although it is also found in lower proportions in other Argentine regions. This research reports a technological-typological analysis of knapped quartz products, in a quarry at Valle de Copacabana, northern Cordoba. The main porpoise of this paper is to exhibit the main features of these artifacts, which attributes have not always been easily identified due to the particular fracture mechanics of such raw material. Among the results yielded, we could find a wide range of artifacts, a high rate of unclassified debris, and a lower proportion of by products from bipolar knapping. El cuarzo es la materia prima predominante en la mayoría de los sitios arqueológicos de la región de Sierras Centrales, pero también aparece en otros sitios de Argentina, a veces en proporciones menores. En este artículo presentamos un análisis tecno-tipológico de los productos de talla de cuarzo de un sitio cantera-taller ubicado en el Valle de Copacabana, en el norte de Córdoba. El objetivo central es dar a conocer las características de estos artefactos, cuyos atributos no siempre han sido reconocidos fácilmente, ya que están tallados sobre una materia prima que posee una mecánica de fractura particular. Entre los resultados alcanzados encontramos una amplia variedad artefactual, un alto porcentaje de desechos indiferenciados y un menor porcentaje de productos de talla bipolar. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/2232 10.34096/arqueologia.t21.n2.2232 spa Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/2232/1894 Arqueología; Vol. 21 No. 2 (2015): May-August; 165-175 Arqueología; Vol. 21 Núm. 2 (2015): mayo-agosto; 165-175 1853-8126 0327-5159 Canteras-taller tecnología lítica cuarzo Sierras Centrales Quarry Lithic technology Quarz Sierras Centrales Quartz quarries and analysis of artifacts from Piedra Blanca site (Copacabana, Córdoba) Canteras-taller de cuarzo y un análisis de los conjuntos artefactuales del sitio Piedra Blanca (Copacabana, Córdoba) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=2232_oai |
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Quartz is the primary raw material found in most archaeological sites of the Sierras Centrales region, although it is also found in lower proportions in other Argentine regions. This research reports a technological-typological analysis of knapped quartz products, in a quarry at Valle de Copacabana, northern Cordoba. The main porpoise of this paper is to exhibit the main features of these artifacts, which attributes have not always been easily identified due to the particular fracture mechanics of such raw material. Among the results yielded, we could find a wide range of artifacts, a high rate of unclassified debris, and a lower proportion of by products from bipolar knapping. |
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Sario, Gisela Pautassi, Eduardo |
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Quartz quarries and analysis of artifacts from Piedra Blanca site (Copacabana, Córdoba) |
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Quartz quarries and analysis of artifacts from Piedra Blanca site (Copacabana, Córdoba) |
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Quartz quarries and analysis of artifacts from Piedra Blanca site (Copacabana, Córdoba) |
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