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Apel, J. & Knutsson, K., 2006. Skilled Production and Social Reproduction. SAU Stone Studies 2. Uppsala.
Hugo Nami
Experiments to explore the
in southern Patagonia
Abstract
lithic assemblages from southern Patagonia on the southern tip of South
America have been little known. However, during the last few years, archae
ological research has provided many new insights into this topic. It has been
many of them with very delicate morphologies. This fact suggests some kind
of preparation of the cores not yet found in the archaeological record.
Based on detailed experiments and documentation, this paper shows ex
blanks by the Paleoindians in Patagonia.
Introduction
Patagonia in the southern part of South America is a region of about 1000
000 km² shared by the Republics of Argentina and Chile. At its southern
tip, near the Magellan Strait on the Chilean side of the border, Junius Bird
excavated the Fell and the Pali Aike cave in the volcanic region of Pali Aike
points and other stone and bone tools (Bird & Bird 1937, Bird 1988). How
ever, until the new discoveries and studies were made during the 1980s,
research topic (e.g. Borrero 1986, Borrero et al. 1988, etc.). Fortunately, the
the subsequent detailed studies made of them today allow us to understand
the diverse technological issues related to the earliest human populations liv
ing in southern South America during the time span lasting between 13,200
and 11,900 BP (Rubinos Perez 2003:24).
From a technological perspective, based on detailed experiments and
documentation, this paper describes examples of morphological variability
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