For over 70 years the introduction of natural sciences to archaeology and cultural heritage
has been ever growing with multiple contributions to deciphering the past. Novel techniques …

Se presentan resultados del análisis geoquímico (XRF) de 61 piezas de obsidiana
correspondientes a diez sitios arqueológicos del norte de Mendoza (32-33 S); un segmento …

Para el sur de Mendoza, se ha propuesto la existencia de un período prolongado de baja
ocupación humana provocado por un aumento de la aridez durante el Holoceno medio …

A geochemical analysis of 382 obsidian samples from different archeological sites in Central
Chile (32°–35° Lat. South) has identified the preferential use of three known sources in the …

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) …

A regional approach to the archaeological record—one that includes not only large, stratified
sites, but also small, ephemeral ones, surface finds, and isolates—provides a more …

The dating of obsidian stone tools from the last time were in use by prehistoric man has
been approached in 1960, by Friedman and Smith who observed that a freshly exposed …

Water diffusion in high silica volcanic melts results in the formation of rhyolite glasses where
hydroxyls are linked to the silica tetrahedra. Space between these linkages form pathways …

The relationship between nature and culture is conceived as a dialogue, not as a dichotomy.
Sociocultural and ecological systems are linked, in which language encodes the …

This research focuses on land use and risk management by hunter-gatherers in the
Diamante valley, northern Patagonia, Argentina, across three ecological zones: the …