Similar is not necessarily identical: reclamation of a projectile point design in the transition to food production in Antofagasta de la Sierra (Province of Catamarca, Argentina)

Reclamation processes are relatively frequent in archaeological sites of Northwest Argentina. In the cases described so far, reclamation involves the recovery of artifacts from archaeological contexts in the past. In this paper we discuss the possible reclamation of a stemmed projectile point design...

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Autores principales: Hocsman, Salomón, Alderete, Martín
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Publicado: Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2022
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topic Lithic typology
Weapon systems
Mimesis
Late hunter-gatherers
Argentinean Puna
Tipología lítica
Sistemas de armas
Mimesis
Cazadores-recolectores finales
Puna Argentina
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Weapon systems
Mimesis
Late hunter-gatherers
Argentinean Puna
Tipología lítica
Sistemas de armas
Mimesis
Cazadores-recolectores finales
Puna Argentina
Hocsman, Salomón
Alderete, Martín
Similar is not necessarily identical: reclamation of a projectile point design in the transition to food production in Antofagasta de la Sierra (Province of Catamarca, Argentina)
topic_facet Lithic typology
Weapon systems
Mimesis
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Sistemas de armas
Mimesis
Cazadores-recolectores finales
Puna Argentina
description Reclamation processes are relatively frequent in archaeological sites of Northwest Argentina. In the cases described so far, reclamation involves the recovery of artifacts from archaeological contexts in the past. In this paper we discuss the possible reclamation of a stemmed projectile point design, among other possibilities, that characterized the early occupations by the late hunter-gatherers occupations at Antofagasta de la Sierra (Catamarca). There is evidence of a discontinuity in the use of this projectile point design for 4000 years. In addition, later points do not exhibit evidence of reclamation, such as differential patina. A contextual, techno-typological, and weapon systems analysis is carried out on projectile points recovered at Punta de la Peña 4 (4500-3800 BP). This collection is compared with published data of artefacts from Quebrada Seca 3 (9800-7700 BP). Our results indicate that, beyond the morphological similarities observed, the earlier and later projectile points exhibit differences in shape and dimensions in their original designs and life stories. The analysis of the weapon systems also shows differences; later points are dart points and earlier points correspond to spear points at the beginning of their life history, with the possibility of becoming part of a dart technology due to maintenance/re-working. This allows to discuss the ascription of designs to specific types with consequences in the construction of typologies, the effects of maintenance/reworking on the identification of weapons, and to explore the application of the notions of copying and mimesis.
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title Similar is not necessarily identical: reclamation of a projectile point design in the transition to food production in Antofagasta de la Sierra (Province of Catamarca, Argentina)
title_short Similar is not necessarily identical: reclamation of a projectile point design in the transition to food production in Antofagasta de la Sierra (Province of Catamarca, Argentina)
title_full Similar is not necessarily identical: reclamation of a projectile point design in the transition to food production in Antofagasta de la Sierra (Province of Catamarca, Argentina)
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spelling I28-R145-9935_oai2025-11-17 Hocsman, Salomón Alderete, Martín 2022-03-28 Reclamation processes are relatively frequent in archaeological sites of Northwest Argentina. In the cases described so far, reclamation involves the recovery of artifacts from archaeological contexts in the past. In this paper we discuss the possible reclamation of a stemmed projectile point design, among other possibilities, that characterized the early occupations by the late hunter-gatherers occupations at Antofagasta de la Sierra (Catamarca). There is evidence of a discontinuity in the use of this projectile point design for 4000 years. In addition, later points do not exhibit evidence of reclamation, such as differential patina. A contextual, techno-typological, and weapon systems analysis is carried out on projectile points recovered at Punta de la Peña 4 (4500-3800 BP). This collection is compared with published data of artefacts from Quebrada Seca 3 (9800-7700 BP). Our results indicate that, beyond the morphological similarities observed, the earlier and later projectile points exhibit differences in shape and dimensions in their original designs and life stories. The analysis of the weapon systems also shows differences; later points are dart points and earlier points correspond to spear points at the beginning of their life history, with the possibility of becoming part of a dart technology due to maintenance/re-working. This allows to discuss the ascription of designs to specific types with consequences in the construction of typologies, the effects of maintenance/reworking on the identification of weapons, and to explore the application of the notions of copying and mimesis. Los casos de reclamación son relativamente frecuentes en sitios arqueológicos del Noroeste Argentino. En los casos descriptos hasta el momento involucran la reclamación de artefactos de los contextos arqueológicos por gente del pasado. Se discute aquí la posibilidad de la reclamación de un diseño de punta de proyectil pedunculado que caracterizaba las ocupaciones tempranas del área por cazadores[1]recolectores finales de Antofagasta de la Sierra (Catamarca), dadas las evidencias de discontinuidad en su utilización por 4000 años y de la ausencia de indicadores de reclamación, como diferencias de pátina, entre otras posibilidades. Se realiza un análisis contextual, tecno-tipológico y de sistemas de armas de puntas de proyectil del sitio Punta de la Peña 4 (4500-3800 AP). Esta colección se compara con datos publicados de piezas de Quebrada Seca 3 (9800-7700 AP). Las evidencias señalan que, más allá de las semejanzas morfológicas observadas a primera vista, las piezas tempranas y más tardías presentan diferencias en su forma y dimensiones al considerar los diseños originales y sus historias de vida, así como también en cuanto a los sistemas de armas, ya que las más antiguas corresponden a dardo y las más recientes a lanza en el inicio de su historia de vida, con la posibilidad de pasar a dardo al sufrir mantenimiento/ re-trabajado. Esto permite discutir cuestiones de adscripción de los diseños a tipos específicos con consecuencias para la construcción de tipologías, los efectos del mantenimiento/re-trabajado en la identificación de las armas, y explorar la aplicación de las nociones de copia y mimesis application/pdf text/html https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/9935 10.34096/arqueologia.t28.n1.9935 spa Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/9935/10064 https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/9935/12043 Derechos de autor 2021 Salomón Hocsman, Martín Alderete Arqueología; Vol. 28 No. 1 (2022): January-April; 9935 Arqueología; Vol. 28 Núm. 1 (2022): enero-abril; 9935 1853-8126 0327-5159 Lithic typology Weapon systems Mimesis Late hunter-gatherers Argentinean Puna Tipología lítica Sistemas de armas Mimesis Cazadores-recolectores finales Puna Argentina Similar is not necessarily identical: reclamation of a projectile point design in the transition to food production in Antofagasta de la Sierra (Province of Catamarca, Argentina) Similar no es necesariamente algo idéntico: reclamación de un diseño de punta de proyectil en el tránsito a la producción de alimentos en Antofagasta de la Sierra (provincia de Catamarca, Argentina) 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=9935_oai