Estilo y tiempo. Un estudio sobre la cronología del estilo cerámico famabalasto negro grabado del noroeste argentino mediante dataciones radiocarbónicas

Abstract

Considering as a starting point the different hypothesis referred to the temporality of the Famabalasto Negro Grabado pottery from the Argentinean Northwest, a total of 47 radiocarbon dates from the Calchaquí, Hualfín, Andalgalá and -principally- Yocavil valleys are evaluated with the goal of adjusting the chronology of this particular pottery style. The critical contextual analysis proposed considers the association levels between the dated organic sample and the event to be dated, and also the levels of association between the dated event and the pottery associated to it. Taking into account only the radiocarbon data with good levels of association to the Famabalasto Negro Grabado pottery style, we propose to locate the period of its production to a regional level between the beginnings of the 14th century to the mid of the 16th century.