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Revista del Museo de Antropología

Print version ISSN 1852-060XOn-line version ISSN 1852-4826

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HERNANDEZ, Anahí. Bone technology from the upper Quebrada de Humahuaca. Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2022, vol.15, n.1, pp.00-00. ISSN 1852-060X.  http://dx.doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v15.n1.34487.

Abstract In this note, a preliminary study of bone tools from the upper Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy Province, Argentina) is presented. Bone tools from Antumpa (Quebrada de Chaupi Rodeo), Cóndor II (Quebrada de Cóndor) and Casas Grandes Bajo (Arroyo Ciénaga Grande) sites are analyzed. The sample dates to the Late Holocene, and the bone tools described here were recovered from stratigraphic layers radiocarbonically dated between 2000-960 years BP. The specimens were grouped into six morphological types and four functional types. Among the identified morphological tool-types, one stands out. It has a possible ornamental function, it was made on an astragalus and similar examples have not previously been reported in the area. It is expected that this first approach to the study of the variability of bone tools from the upper Quebrada de Humahuaca allows archaeologists to increase the knowledge about the human populations that inhabited the area in the past.

Keywords : Bone tools; Variability; Quebrada de Humahuaca; Northwestern Argentina; Late Holocene.

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