Exploring technological choices in fishtail points from Southern contexts: a comparative overview

D Hermo, L Miotti, E Terranova - PaleoAmerica, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we seek to understand the variabilility in the technology of Fishtail points
(FTPs). For this purpose, we consider three questions as a starting point:(a) How were FTPs …

Geoarchaeology of open-air sites of the Foz do Chapecó area in the upper Uruguay river, southern Brazil

MCP Santos, P Rosina, M Carbonera, C Hatté… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of the investigations that defined the formation of the
sedimentary deposits and the chronological sequence of the Foz do Chapecó …

The human colonization of the Southeast Plains of South America: Climatic conditions, technological innovations and the peopling of Uruguay and south of Brazil

R Suárez - Quaternary International, 2017 - Elsevier
During the late Pleistocene and early Holocene, climatic, faunistic, and ecological changes
could produce social readjustments and technological innovations in human populations …

The Archaeofaunas of Piedra Museo. Zooarchaeological and Taphonomic Study of the AEP-1 Site (Argentine Patagonia)

L Marchionni, M Vázquez, L Miotti - … of Piedra Museo Locality: An Open …, 2022 - Springer
The analysis and interpretation of zooarchaeological materials coming from Alero El Puesto
1 (AEP-1), in the Piedra Museo Locality, are presented. This rock-shelter is located on the …

Unraveling rock art palimpsests through superimpositions: The definition of painting episodes in Los Toldos (southern Patagonia) as a baseline for chronology

N Carden, L Miotti - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper aims to link the production of rock paintings in Los Toldos (Argentina) to the
human use of the locality in the context of the long term process of the peopling of …

Holocene settlement, stratigraphy and chronology at the site of Uruguai 1-sector 1, Foz do Chapecó archaeological area, South Brazil

MCP Santos, M Carbonera, P Rosina… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Uruguai 1 is a recently discovered site in the Foz do Chapecó Archaeological Area, which
contains an exceptional archaeological record, documenting the expansion of Homo …

Indicadores de poblamiento inicial en paisajes semidesérticos de la Pampa Occidental (Argentina)

M Berón, MC Aizpitarte - Latin American Antiquity, 2024 - cambridge.org
AbstractThis article discusses evidence of human settlement in different loci of the Western
Pampa: site 1 of the Tapera Moreira locality, El Carmel, and Casa de Piedra. The initial …

What happened when the Pleistocene megafauna became extinct?

L Miotti, E Tonni, L Marchionni - Quaternary International, 2018 - Elsevier
This work presents an updated revision of the information about Pleistocene fauna records
in archeological sites of the Pampa and Patagonian regions of South America. The purpose …

Radiocarbon Chronology at the AEP-1 Rockshelter in Piedra Museo Locality: An Update and Discussion of the Datings

L Miotti, B Mosquera, M Salemme… - Archaeology of Piedra …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter presents the compilation and critical analysis of radiocarbon dates from the
AEP-1 site at Piedra Museo locality in order to achieve a better understanding on the …

17 de Marzo (Santa Cruz, Argentina): A new distal source of Pampa del Asador type black obsidian and its implications for understanding hunter-gatherer behavior in …

NV Franco, GA Brook, NA Cirigliano, CR Stern… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Most obsidian artifacts from central and southern Patagonia were made of black obsidian
from Pampa del Asador (PDA), an extended secondary source area centered at …