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Apel, J. & Knutsson, K., 2006. Skilled Production and Social Reproduction. SAU Stone Studies 2. Uppsala.
Hugo Nami
Preliminary experimental
observations on a particular class of
bifacial lithic artifact from Misiones
Province, northeastern Argentina
Abstract
In the south of the South American forest, in the province of Misiones in
northeastern Argentina, there is a particular class of bifacial stone tool with
gloss observed on some pieces suggests that they are probably related to
the processing of vegetal matter. This kind of artifacts characterized the
experiments, the preliminary observations of the manufacture of this arti
fact are reported. Stages of manufacture, the probable techniques using for
making them and other useful technical observations are considered.
Introduction
In northeastern Argentina, at the border of Paraguay and Brazil, there is a
rich and unexplored lithic archaeological record. Among the many stone
form, commonly called “curved cleavers”, is noticeable. Until now, no de
tailed typological, functional or technological investigation has focused on
this artifact. Hence there are no previous studies devoted to its reduction se
products.
In order to create a realistic baseline that allows us to understand some
aspects of the reduction sequence of this particular artifact, I here report the
preliminary experimental observations considering stages of manufacture,
the probable techniques used for making the artifact and other useful tech
nical observations.
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