The bow and arrow in South America

EJ Marsh, C Llano, V Cortegoso, S Castro… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The bow and arrow is a crucial component of Homo sapiens' material culture. In South
America, data on the bow and arrow are widely scattered, which motived this …

[HTML][HTML] Did archery technology precipitate complexity in the Titicaca Basin? A metric analysis of projectile points, 11–1 ka

L Flores-Blanco, L Cuellar, M Aldenderfer… - Quaternary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The extent to which archery technology affected social organization in the Andes region of
South America remains understudied. To identify the timing and consequences of archery …

Estrategias humanas y paleoclima en los Andes (34 S): Variaciones en la intensidad de ocupación de Laguna del Diamante (ca. 2000-500 años AP)

L Yebra, V Cortegoso, E Marsh, ME de Porras… - Latin American …, 2024 - cambridge.org
El área de Laguna del Diamante (3.000 m snm) tiene una oferta de recursos atractiva para
las sociedades humanas durante los últimos 2.000 años. Este trabajo evalúa la variable …

The origin and dispersion of the bow in the Andes (16–37° S) based on a controlled database of projectile point metrics

SC Castro, E Marsh, L Yebra, V Cortegoso - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
We present a discriminant metric study of stone projectile points (n= 422) from 21
archaeological sites in the Andes of South America (16–37° S). We use comparative …

Exploring ten thousand years of variation in weapons technologies: A diachronic analysis of lithic projectile points in the puna de atacama (northern Chile)

P De Souza, I Cartajena, L Núñez - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
This article presents an analysis of the functional design of a collection of 346 projectile
points from archaeological sites in the Puna de Atacama (21.9°–24.7° S) that belong to the …

Radiocarbon dates, projectile points, and the spread of bow-and-arrow technology in Sierras of Córdoba (Argentina)

DE Rivero, I Balena, F Costantino, C Lallami… - Quaternary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The analysis of chipped-stone and bone projectile points recovered from the Late Holocene
sites of Sierras of Córdoba (Argentina) are presented in this article. The aim is to establish …

Bow and arrow: Chronological and social context of the introduction of new technologies in Southern Patagonia

R Goñi, JF Coni, G Cassiodoro, A Agnolin… - Quaternary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Research carried out in the western region of the Santa Cruz province (Patagonia,
Argentina), indicates a widespread and simultaneous use of diverse weapons with different …

El registro zooarqueológico en los límites meridionales de la agricultura prehispánica andina: sitio Los Conitos (valle de Potrerillos, Mendoza, Argentina)

JM López, V Cortegoso - Intersecciones en antropología, 2024 - SciELO Argentina
Se presentan los resultados del análisis de los restos faunísticos recuperados en el sitio
arqueológico Los Conitos (valle de Potrerillos, Mendoza, Argentina). El sitio posee …

Historia ocupacional y organización espacial humana en el noroeste de Patagonia: Una discusión desde Cueva Yagui (Norte del Neuquén, Argentina)

G ROMERO VILLANUEVA, A Rughini… - Magallania (Punta …, 2022 - SciELO Chile
Se presenta un nuevo corpus de información arqueológica y cronológica producto de la
excavación del sitio Cueva Yagui (norte del Neuquén, noroeste de Patagonia, Argentina) …

Bow and arrow in the eastern Andes: The case of El Alto-Ancasti mountain range (Catamarca, Argentina) during the 1st millennium CE

D Egea, S Clauss, E Moreno - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we will present the information obtained from a set of bifacial tanged quartz
points found at rock art shelter Oyola 7, located in the El Alto-Ancasti mountain range …