Capítulo de Libro
Socio-cultural interaction and symbolism in prehistoric South America: Quartz crystal manuports from Tierra del Fuego
Título del libro: Pleistocene Archaeology: Migration, Technology, and Adaptation
Mansur, Maria Estela
; de Angelis, Hernan Horacio
; Parmigiani, Vanesa Esther
; Alvarez Soncini, Maria Celina
; Franch Bach, Anna





Otros responsables:
Pawlik, Alfred
Fecha de publicación:
2019
Editorial:
IntechOpen
ISBN:
978-1-83880-358-2
Idioma:
Inglés
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Resumen
The use of mineral elements with special characteristics, such as quartz crystals, in ornamental or ceremonial contexts, is not uncommon in archaeology. Their appearance in different archaeological sites is the basis to discuss their significance for past societies. However, while these objects are loaded with symbolic value, it is difficult to identify them in hunter-gatherer sites. In this chapter, we discuss this subject from the case of a series of crystals discovered in the central area of the Big Island of Tierra del Fuego, and we outline their interpretation based on technofunctional analysis confronted with the ethnographic information for the region. Tierra del Fuego is located at the southern tip of South America. It was inhabited by hunter-gatherer societies since the end of last glaciation until the beginning of the twentieth century. In historical times, the central-northern sector of the Big Island was occupied by the Selknam society, in which there is an extensive ethnographic and ethnohistorical bibliography. Archaeological research in the central area of Tierra del Fuego has revealed a continuous occupation of hunter-gatherer societies. The analysis of provenience of raw materials lets us to propose hypothesis about mobility and interaction networks that can be confronted with the ethnographic information.
Palabras clave:
technological organization
,
lithic materials
,
migrations
,
social interaction
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Mansur, Maria Estela; de Angelis, Hernan Horacio; Parmigiani, Vanesa Esther; Alvarez Soncini, Maria Celina; Franch Bach, Anna; Socio-cultural interaction and symbolism in prehistoric South America: Quartz crystal manuports from Tierra del Fuego; IntechOpen; 2019; 1-1
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