A Fishtail Projectile Point from the Southern Pampean Hills, Characato, Córdoba, Argentina

Here we report a newly discovered Fishtail projectile point, or Fell 1 projectile-point type, from Characato valley in the southern Pampean Hills of central Argentina. It is a fluted basal stem fragment on a non-local dark red volcanic rock. Fishtail points are rare, and archaeological sites dating...

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Autores: Cattaneo, Gabriela Roxana, Izeta, Andres Dario, Caminoa, José María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/62581
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/62581
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Argentina
CÓRdoba
Fishtail Projectile Point
Surface
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
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Sumario:Here we report a newly discovered Fishtail projectile point, or Fell 1 projectile-point type, from Characato valley in the southern Pampean Hills of central Argentina. It is a fluted basal stem fragment on a non-local dark red volcanic rock. Fishtail points are rare, and archaeological sites dating to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition particularly scarce, in this region; hence, this new evidence importantly establishes early human occupation through material culture.