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Figure 12. Experimental hole with chert powder (a) and archaeological one (b).
Figure 13. Experimental polishing (a) and archaeological one (b), both with fine lines and shiny surface.
Figure 14. Experimental polishing with chert nodule (a), and archaeological one (b).
The privileged sector not only controlled the consumption,
but intervened in the acquisition of raw
materials, tools and production. This production had
to be highly concentrated or centralized, whether in
one or a few workshops within the site, even possibly
within the ceremonial shrine, where craftsmen guilds
who elaborated these goods were under strict
supervision of the power core organ, therefore casting
specific dictated techs formatted by tradition or
cultural preferences (Brumfiel and Earle 1987: 1-5,
Clark and Parry 1990: 298, Costin 1991: 25).
Given the evidence, there are diverse
archaeological markers which provide data about
specialization, production and producers, as well
as the work prints on manufactured products, the
pieces in different phases of production, and also
the probable tools employed, all of them placed in
certain locations. Namely, the standardisation and
homogeneity within the processes and tools
(abrading with andesite grindstones, cutting with
obsidian flakes and blades, drilling with chert
powder and polishing with chert nodules); this evi-
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