VARIACIONES EN LA TECNOLOGÍA Y EL USO DE DIFERENTES ESCALAS: UN ABORDAJE DESDE EL ALERO LOS GUANACOS 1(SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA)

Abstract

The Lake Cardiel basin (Central-West Santa Cruz) has been object of archaeological research seeking to discuss the relationships between climatic/environmental and social change during the Holocene. These researches cha-racterized the basin as a region of late settlement in relation to neighboring spaces. In this basin a drying process during the Holocene generated a reorganization of local populations. This paper approaches the problem from a particular site, Alero Los Guanacos 1, to discuss the way in which these processes are presented at a smaller scale. The site presents occupations during the mid and late Holocene. The technology recovered there is analyzed, and taking this into account, variations in the site use over time are discussed. Some of these variations differ from the general overview known for the basin. It is concluded that these differences are the result of the differential role of the different spaces in the settlement process.

Keywords

• hunter gatherers
• middle and late holocene
• lithic technology
• peopling
• technological change