Fishtail projectile points are the earliest widespread projectile type in South America, and
share chronology and techno-morphology with Clovis, the oldest North American projectile …

This paper analyses the importance of the South Central Andean High Puna megapatch,
above 4000 masl, in the history of late Pleistocene exploration and colonization of the …

One of the methods of analysing the manufacturing process of lithic tools is by “reading” the
scars of removals visible on the surface of cores or bifaces. The paper aims to review the …

In this work, we use taphonomic and technological analyses as a basis for study of the
spatial and temporal variability of six lithic assemblages from the Pleistocene-Holocene …

This article considers the initial peopling of the South-central Andean highlands, focusing on
the site of Hornillos 2, located in the Puna of Jujuy, Argentina. We suggest that, in an area …

Several archaeological sites located in caves and rockshelters in the highlands of the
Central Atacama Desert reflect the late-Pleistocene peopling of the area (13,000–11,500 cal …

This paper presents the preliminary results of a multiproxy analysis of the Cruces 2 record
(PCC2), located in the area of Barrancas, Dpt. of Cochinoca, Province of Jujuy, Argentina …

In this chapter, the lithic assemblages from SU 4/5 and SU 6 found in the AEP-1 site (in the
Piedra Museo archaeological locality) were evaluated to identify design elements of these …

Este artículo propone una breve revisión histórica y un estado actual de las investigaciones
en Sudamérica en torno a los objetos líticos tallados. Particularmente, se evalúa la …

Résumé Dans ce travail, nous exposons les résultats obtenus par l'étude technologique du
matériel lithique des occupations des débuts de l'Holocène moyen dans la Puna au sud de …