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Land-use and ceramics in the Andean highlands of Patagonia, Argentina
- Source :
- Documenta Praehistorica, Vol 51 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani), 2024.
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Abstract
- The aim of this paper is to study the use of ceramics of small-scale societies during the late Holocene in northern Patagonia. The technological investment model predicts that use-time and utility will determine the investment spent in ceramics. We explore how ceramics were used in short-term camps and aggregation sites during summer at high elevations, and residential camps during winter at lower elevations. To test the investment in ceramics we use four technological variables: temper size, average thickness, surface treatment and firing. Our results indicate that hunter-gatherers expected a short-term use in summer locations and therefore made a low investment in ceramics.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1408967X and 18542492
- Volume :
- 51
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Documenta Praehistorica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f5fb1641fd74fc9af61f2cb479e9545
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.51.2