Rafael Suárez Sainz
Biographic Data
| ID | 9760033 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rafael Suárez Sainz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rafael Suárez |
| FAMILY NAME | Sainz |
| SIGNATURE | SAINZ R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de la República de Uruguay |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5197-2681 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 164 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Fishtail Technology: Archaeological and Experimental Evidence
This paper proposes a hypothetical reconstruction of Fishtail point production and expected byproducts based on extensive replication compared to original Fishtail points, which elucidates hitherto unknown aspects of Fishtail technology. The sample of Uruguay's Fishtail points presents exceptional conditions to carry out this research; there is a large sample of complete points in a relatively small region of South America, from the selection of …
Hacia un entendimiento comparativo de los procesos de regionalización humana posglacial a lo largo de Chile
Early settlements in the Uruguay river basin: A new reading based on recent data from Uruguay and Brazil
New sites and challenges in prehistoric archaeology of Uruguay: Recurrent Occupations in Caves, Rockshelters and Earthen Mounds
Systematic investigation of caves and rockshelters in Uruguay is revealing the archaeological importance of these sites and their association with earthen mounds. Multiple periods of human occupation at Tamanduá rockshelter are revealed through stratigraphic analysis, and radiocarbon dates suggest recurrent occupation from the Early Holocene up to the historic period
The initial peopling of South American Plains: An overview on Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene settlers in Uruguay
Mobility and raw material procurement by Fishtail people in Uruguay: Evaluation of silcrete long distance transport between campsites and outcrops during the late Pleistocene (ca. 12,900–12,250 cal BP…
Reflections to Advance the Collaborative Production of Knowledge and Protection of Archaeological Heritage in Uruguay
In Uruguay, there are records of archaeological collections at least since Darwin's visit in 1832. Since then, the role of collections and collectors has been changing in relation to official institutions, researchers, and professional archaeologists. In the years following the creation of the university degree in anthropology, during the 1980s and 1990s, academic and official speeches considered collectors one of the greatest threats to the deve…
Vasijas cerámicas de los cazadores-recolectores del final del Holoceno en el río Uruguay medio (Sitio Tigre- K87): Reconstrucción 3d, análisis volumétrico y funcional
Este trabajo avanza en la caracterización de vasijas cerámicas utilizadas por cazadores-recolectores durante el final del Holoceno (ca. 1200 años AP) provenientes del sitio Tigre (Depto. Artigas, Uruguay) ubicado sobre la margen izquierda del río Uruguay medio. Se combinan tres fuentes de información complementarias: reconstrucción 3D, cálculos de volúmenes y análisis de adherencias para avanzar en una temática escasamente desarrollada en la regi…
Fluted Triangular Non-stemmed Points in Uruguay and Their Extra-regional Relationship: Broadening Technological Diversity during the Early Holocene of South America
Triangular non-stemmed points (TNSPs) have been recovered for several decades from early archaeological sites in different regions of South America. We report a synthesis and review of 63 early Holocene radiocarbon dates (∼12,650–8050 cal yr BP) of the main sites where TNSPs have been recovered and records of this point design with fluting technology. The oldest ages of dated sites with TNSPs are synchronous with ages obtained for Fishtail point …
Life history or stylistic variation? A geometric morphometric method for evaluation of Fishtail point variability
The Peopling of Southeastern South America: Cultural Diversity, Paleoenvironmental Conditions, and Lithic Technological Organization During the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene
Mobility and Use of Space in Late Pleistocene South America: Discussing Early Human Regional Trajectories
Fishtail Points, Blades, and Preforms and the Paleoamerican Occupation of the Yí River (Uruguay): New Evidence from La Palomita
This paper presents unpublished data of La Palomita (Uruguay), an archaeological site where Paleoamerican lithic material was recovered. Namely, two Fishtail points, preforms, and several blades are described. In northern Uruguay, evidence of a blade technology (blades and cores) was previously recovered in buried Paleoamerican sites dated between 12,800 and 11,300 cal yr BP. We conclude that the artifacts recovered from La Palomita suggest the p…
Living on the river edge: The Tigre site (K-87) new data and implications for the initial colonization of the Uruguay River basin
The human colonization of the Southeast Plains of South America: Climatic conditions, technological innovations and the peopling of Uruguay and south of Brazil
Archaeoacoustics of intangible cultural heritage: The sound of the Maior Ecclesia of Cluny
The Paleoamerican Occupation of the Plains of Uruguay: Technology, Adaptations, and Mobility
This paper presents results of investigation of an early archaeological site in Uruguay, and considers its position on a regional scale. Pay Paso 1 is the first early site of Uruguay to yield both artifacts and faunal remains including records of Pleistocene fauna (Equus sp. and Glyptodon sp.) in a radiocarbon-dated stratigraphic context. From stratigraphic, chronological and archaeological observations, three cultural components for the Pleistoc…
Tecnología Lítica Y Conjunto De Artefactos Utilizados Durante El Poblamiento Temprano De Uruguay
El artculo avanza en diferentes aspectos de la tecnologa ltica y el conjunto de artefactos utilizados durante el poblamiento de Uruguay. La investigacin del sitio Pay Paso 1 permiti identificar, a partir de observaciones estratigrficas, arqueolgicas y de una slida base de 31 edades C 14 , tres componentes culturales tempranos (entre 12.802 y 10.176 aos calendario antes del presente). Se observa en Pay Paso 1 la presencia de hojas y ncleos de extr…
Movilidad, acceso y uso de agata traslúcida por los cazadores-recolectores tempranos durante la transición pleistoceno-holoceno en el norte de Uruguay (Ca. 11,000-8500 A.P.)
El artículo presenta la localización de 10 canteras de ágata traslúcida descubiertas en la Región Arqueológica Catalanes Nacientes Arapey (RACNA), definiendo una zona de abastecimiento de ágatas en el norte de Uruguay. Esta materia prima es el segundo recurso lítico más utilizado en los contextos estratigráficos tempranos datados por 14C en el noroeste de Uruguay, luego de la arenisca silicificada. Se analiza la frecuencia-distribución de ágata t…
Arqueología durante la Transición Pleistoceno-Holoceno en Uruguay: Componentes Paleoindios, Organización de la Tecnología Lítica y Movilidad de los Primeros Americanos
The main objective of this investigation is to obtain basic data that will allow the generation of cultural, geoarchaeological, paleoenvironmental and paleoecological knowledge about the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. In turn, this will facilitate the discussion of different topics about the peopling of Uruguay within the context of the peopling of America. The study presents a detailed investigation carried out at the Pay Paso locality, which …
Archaeology of the Pleistocene–Holocene transition in Uruguay: An overview
The Paleoamerican Occupation of the Plains of Uruguay: Technology, Adaptations, and Mobility
This paper presents results of investigation of an early archaeological site in Uruguay, and considers its position on a regional scale. Pay Paso 1 is the first early site of Uruguay to yield both artifacts and faunal remains including records of Pleistocene fauna (Equus sp. and Glyptodon sp.) in a radiocarbon-dated stratigraphic context. From stratigraphic, chronological and archaeological observations, three cultural components for the Pleistoc…
The human colonization of the Southeast Plains of South America: Climatic conditions, technological innovations and the peopling of Uruguay and south of Brazil
Archaeology of the Pleistocene–Holocene transition in Uruguay: An overview
Living on the river edge: The Tigre site (K-87) new data and implications for the initial colonization of the Uruguay River basin
Fishtail Points, Blades, and Preforms and the Paleoamerican Occupation of the Yí River (Uruguay): New Evidence from La Palomita
This paper presents unpublished data of La Palomita (Uruguay), an archaeological site where Paleoamerican lithic material was recovered. Namely, two Fishtail points, preforms, and several blades are described. In northern Uruguay, evidence of a blade technology (blades and cores) was previously recovered in buried Paleoamerican sites dated between 12,800 and 11,300 cal yr BP. We conclude that the artifacts recovered from La Palomita suggest the p…
Tecnología Lítica Y Conjunto De Artefactos Utilizados Durante El Poblamiento Temprano De Uruguay
El artculo avanza en diferentes aspectos de la tecnologa ltica y el conjunto de artefactos utilizados durante el poblamiento de Uruguay. La investigacin del sitio Pay Paso 1 permiti identificar, a partir de observaciones estratigrficas, arqueolgicas y de una slida base de 31 edades C 14 , tres componentes culturales tempranos (entre 12.802 y 10.176 aos calendario antes del presente). Se observa en Pay Paso 1 la presencia de hojas y ncleos de extr…
Life history or stylistic variation? A geometric morphometric method for evaluation of Fishtail point variability
Archaeoacoustics of intangible cultural heritage: The sound of the Maior Ecclesia of Cluny
Mobility and raw material procurement by Fishtail people in Uruguay: Evaluation of silcrete long distance transport between campsites and outcrops during the late Pleistocene (ca. 12,900–12,250 cal BP…
Archaeology of the Pleistocene–Holocene transition in Uruguay: An overview
Movilidad, acceso y uso de agata traslúcida por los cazadores-recolectores tempranos durante la transición pleistoceno-holoceno en el norte de Uruguay (Ca. 11,000-8500 A.P.)
El artículo presenta la localización de 10 canteras de ágata traslúcida descubiertas en la Región Arqueológica Catalanes Nacientes Arapey (RACNA), definiendo una zona de abastecimiento de ágatas en el norte de Uruguay. Esta materia prima es el segundo recurso lítico más utilizado en los contextos estratigráficos tempranos datados por 14C en el noroeste de Uruguay, luego de la arenisca silicificada. Se analiza la frecuencia-distribución de ágata t…
Arqueología durante la Transición Pleistoceno-Holoceno en Uruguay: Componentes Paleoindios, Organización de la Tecnología Lítica y Movilidad de los Primeros Americanos
The main objective of this investigation is to obtain basic data that will allow the generation of cultural, geoarchaeological, paleoenvironmental and paleoecological knowledge about the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. In turn, this will facilitate the discussion of different topics about the peopling of Uruguay within the context of the peopling of America. The study presents a detailed investigation carried out at the Pay Paso locality, which …
The Paleoamerican Occupation of the Plains of Uruguay: Technology, Adaptations, and Mobility
This paper presents results of investigation of an early archaeological site in Uruguay, and considers its position on a regional scale. Pay Paso 1 is the first early site of Uruguay to yield both artifacts and faunal remains including records of Pleistocene fauna (Equus sp. and Glyptodon sp.) in a radiocarbon-dated stratigraphic context. From stratigraphic, chronological and archaeological observations, three cultural components for the Pleistoc…
Tecnología Lítica Y Conjunto De Artefactos Utilizados Durante El Poblamiento Temprano De Uruguay
El artculo avanza en diferentes aspectos de la tecnologa ltica y el conjunto de artefactos utilizados durante el poblamiento de Uruguay. La investigacin del sitio Pay Paso 1 permiti identificar, a partir de observaciones estratigrficas, arqueolgicas y de una slida base de 31 edades C 14 , tres componentes culturales tempranos (entre 12.802 y 10.176 aos calendario antes del presente). Se observa en Pay Paso 1 la presencia de hojas y ncleos de extr…
The human colonization of the Southeast Plains of South America: Climatic conditions, technological innovations and the peopling of Uruguay and south of Brazil
Archaeoacoustics of intangible cultural heritage: The sound of the Maior Ecclesia of Cluny
Living on the river edge: The Tigre site (K-87) new data and implications for the initial colonization of the Uruguay River basin
The Peopling of Southeastern South America: Cultural Diversity, Paleoenvironmental Conditions, and Lithic Technological Organization During the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene
Mobility and Use of Space in Late Pleistocene South America: Discussing Early Human Regional Trajectories
Fishtail Points, Blades, and Preforms and the Paleoamerican Occupation of the Yí River (Uruguay): New Evidence from La Palomita
This paper presents unpublished data of La Palomita (Uruguay), an archaeological site where Paleoamerican lithic material was recovered. Namely, two Fishtail points, preforms, and several blades are described. In northern Uruguay, evidence of a blade technology (blades and cores) was previously recovered in buried Paleoamerican sites dated between 12,800 and 11,300 cal yr BP. We conclude that the artifacts recovered from La Palomita suggest the p…
Life history or stylistic variation? A geometric morphometric method for evaluation of Fishtail point variability
Vasijas cerámicas de los cazadores-recolectores del final del Holoceno en el río Uruguay medio (Sitio Tigre- K87): Reconstrucción 3d, análisis volumétrico y funcional
Este trabajo avanza en la caracterización de vasijas cerámicas utilizadas por cazadores-recolectores durante el final del Holoceno (ca. 1200 años AP) provenientes del sitio Tigre (Depto. Artigas, Uruguay) ubicado sobre la margen izquierda del río Uruguay medio. Se combinan tres fuentes de información complementarias: reconstrucción 3D, cálculos de volúmenes y análisis de adherencias para avanzar en una temática escasamente desarrollada en la regi…
Fluted Triangular Non-stemmed Points in Uruguay and Their Extra-regional Relationship: Broadening Technological Diversity during the Early Holocene of South America
Triangular non-stemmed points (TNSPs) have been recovered for several decades from early archaeological sites in different regions of South America. We report a synthesis and review of 63 early Holocene radiocarbon dates (∼12,650–8050 cal yr BP) of the main sites where TNSPs have been recovered and records of this point design with fluting technology. The oldest ages of dated sites with TNSPs are synchronous with ages obtained for Fishtail point …
Reflections to Advance the Collaborative Production of Knowledge and Protection of Archaeological Heritage in Uruguay
In Uruguay, there are records of archaeological collections at least since Darwin's visit in 1832. Since then, the role of collections and collectors has been changing in relation to official institutions, researchers, and professional archaeologists. In the years following the creation of the university degree in anthropology, during the 1980s and 1990s, academic and official speeches considered collectors one of the greatest threats to the deve…
The initial peopling of South American Plains: An overview on Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene settlers in Uruguay
Mobility and raw material procurement by Fishtail people in Uruguay: Evaluation of silcrete long distance transport between campsites and outcrops during the late Pleistocene (ca. 12,900–12,250 cal BP…
New sites and challenges in prehistoric archaeology of Uruguay: Recurrent Occupations in Caves, Rockshelters and Earthen Mounds
Systematic investigation of caves and rockshelters in Uruguay is revealing the archaeological importance of these sites and their association with earthen mounds. Multiple periods of human occupation at Tamanduá rockshelter are revealed through stratigraphic analysis, and radiocarbon dates suggest recurrent occupation from the Early Holocene up to the historic period
Fishtail Technology: Archaeological and Experimental Evidence
This paper proposes a hypothetical reconstruction of Fishtail point production and expected byproducts based on extensive replication compared to original Fishtail points, which elucidates hitherto unknown aspects of Fishtail technology. The sample of Uruguay's Fishtail points presents exceptional conditions to carry out this research; there is a large sample of complete points in a relatively small region of South America, from the selection of …
Hacia un entendimiento comparativo de los procesos de regionalización humana posglacial a lo largo de Chile
Early settlements in the Uruguay river basin: A new reading based on recent data from Uruguay and Brazil
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (18 works) · Geography (17 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 works) · Geology (11 works) · Holocene (10 works) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (9 works) · Pleistocene (9 works) · Radiocarbon dating (6 works) · Art (5 works)