TECNOLOGÍA ÓSEA EN EL OESTE DE LA REGIÓN PAMPEANA: IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LAS TÉCNICAS DE MANUFACTURA A PARTIR DE EVIDENCIAS ARQUEOLÓGICAS Y EXPERIMENTALES

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study of bone specimens related to bone technology from the Laguna de los Pampas (LLP) archaeological site, located in the Humid Pampean subregion in Argentina. The bone tools were analyzed using a technological approach examining sequences of operations, that is, chaînes opératoires of manufacture. The objective was to identify the manufacturing process of bone tools at the LLP site by analyzing the archaeological remains and through experimental studies. The hypothetical sequences for manufacturing bone tools were reconstructed using the tibia and metapodial bones of guanaco, a native camelid. The results indicate that tibia bone tools were crafted at the LLP site, and that this particular bone was favored as a core for the production of shaft splinters.