Abstract

ALBERTI, Jimena  and  BUSCAGLIA, Silvana. Caracterización de los conjuntos artefactuales líticos del sitio Puesto de la Fuente (Estancia Los Manantiales, Península Valdés, provincia de Chubut). Intersecciones antropol. [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.2, pp.397-409. ISSN 1850-373X.

This paper presents the results of the analysis of lithic artifact assemblages recovered at the Puesto de la Fuente site (Los Manantiales Ranch, Península Valdés) within the framework of current research on the historical archeology of the Spanish settlements established in the late eighteenth century in Península Valdés (Chubut province). Given the late eighteenth century Spanish occupation and the historically documented contact between Indigenous people and Spaniards, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the characteristics of the lithic sample in order to define its chronology, the character of the Indigenous occupations in the area, and their possible association with the Spanish settlement. The results indicate the residential character of the Indigenous occupation, which can be assigned to the mid-late Holocene to Spanish-Indigenous contact period, in the immediate area of Puesto de la Fuente archaeological site. Nevertheless, the material evidence is still insufficient to define the association with the Spanish settlement in terms of interethnic relationships.

Keywords : Puesto de la Fuente; Península Valdés; Lithic technology; Interethnic relationships.

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