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GASCUE, Andrés et al. The Organization Of Lithic Technology Among The Early Inhabitants Of Eastern Uruguay. Intersecciones antropol. [online]. 2009, vol.10, n.1, pp.63-73. ISSN 1850-373X.

This paper presents the results of research carried out in Rincón de los Indios site, Rocha, Uruguay. The lithic remains (flakes, cores, flaked instruments, polished and pecked instruments, projectile point preforms and projectile points) recovered from the early levels were analyzed. The objective was to study the distinctive use of raw materials and manufacture procedures, identifying the different technological sub-systems. The technological organization of the early inhabitants of eastern Uruguay involved the acquisition of a variety of local, regional and extra-regional mineral raw materials. These groups undertook signifi cant displacements in order to stock up on good quality rocks, which accords with groups of hunter-gatherers with high residential mobility who exploited a high diversity of environments

Palabras clave : Peopling of America; Lithic technology; Raw materials; Technological sub-system.

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