Miniature points in an exceptional early South American context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nora Flegenheimer (0000-0001-7442-2490, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author), Celeste Weitzel (0000-0002-5306-8071, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author), Natalia Mazzia (0000-0002-7708-0374, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-136 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.2014.991806 |
| OpenAlex | W1992813870 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 38 |
Miniature points, similar to full-sized types used as hunting weapons, have occasionally been described in North and South America for Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene hunter-gatherer societies. They are explained as toys, practice pieces or ceremonial objects. They are an interesting case to use to reflect on how people materialize abstractions, encode visual communication and develop special practices related to particular places. Here we present six miniature points found at Cerro El Sombrero Cima (Buenos Aires province, Argentina), an early site with an unusual assemblage. Five specimens are fishtail projectile points and the sixth is an undescribed stemmed type. We use relevant theoretical insights and address point life histories according to their techno-morphological characteristics, raw material identification and fatty acids and sterols analyses. Finally, these projectile-point miniatures are considered in the context of discard, and their role among early American hunter-gatherers is addressed
Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Biology · Context (archaeology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Identification (biology · Pleistocene · Point (geometry · Projectile point · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Ecology · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Hunter-Gatherers and Extinct Fauna During the Late Pleistocene/Holocene Transition in the Pampas Region (Argentina)
Going big versus going small
Exploring Technological Choices in Fishtail Points from Southern Contexts
Practices, Places, and Roads in the Peopling Process of South American Settlement
Fishtail Technology
An Examination of the Role of Miniature Projectile Points at the Lindenmeier Folsom Site, Colorado
Pleistocene Archaeology - Migration, Technology, and Adaptation
Fishtail Projectile Points in the Pampas Inland
Una sala sobre el poblamiento indígena accesible a la disminución visual en el Museo Histórico de Necochea. Una experiencia y muchos aprendizajes
De usos y recursos. Análisis funcional y de sustancias grasas mediante cromatografía gaseosas sobre artefactos líticos tallados
Assessing Fishtail points distribution in the southern Cone
New morpho-technological studies to enhance the knowledge of Fell point variability in southeastern South America
Hunter-gatherer children in the past
Recycled Fishtail Points in the Argentinian Pampa
New Records and Observations on Paleo-American Artifacts from Cerro Largo, Northeastern Uruguay and a Peculiar Case of Reclaimed Fishtail Points
Paleoamerican Artifacts from Cerro Largo, Northeastern Uruguay
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On Fluted Point Morphometrics, Cladistics, and the Origins of the Clovis Culture
Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Fishtail Points from Southernmost Patagonia (South America)
Human Dispersal in the Atlantic Slope of Patagonia and the Role of Lithic Availability
Landscape and Rocks in the East-Central Portion of the Tandilia Range (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina)
Fishtail points from the Pampas of South America
Small artifacts among the hunter-gatherers of the southern La Plata Basin
Hunting lessons
Un recorrido por los estudios experimentales líticos en arqueología de la Región Pampeana argentina
Miniature in Everything but Meaning
Prehistoric Figurines
Palaeoindian occupation of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile
Archaeologies of Materiality
Arqueología durante la Transición Pleistoceno-Holoceno en Uruguay
La actividad infantil en la producción del registro arqueológico de cazadores-recolectores
Breakage Patterns on Fishtail Projectile Points
Early Paleoindian big-game hunting in North America
Where Have All the Children Gone
Sacred Bundles of the Sac and Fox Indians
Arqueología de la infancia
El Inga
Detailed fatty acids analysis on lithic tools, Cerro El Sombrero Cima, Argentina
Análisis Comparativo De Desechos De Talla en Contextos Del Pleistoceno Final/Holoceno Temprano De Chile Y Argentina
Miniature Early Paleo-Indian Stone Artifacts from the Parkhill, Ontario Site
Long distance tool stone transport in the Argentine Pampas
The Campo Laborde site
Archaelogy, Paleoindian Research and Lithic Technology in the Middle Negro River, Central Uruguay
Radiocarbon chronology of the early human occupation of Argentina
Bison Procurement and Utilization
Tiny Arrowheads
The Jones-Miller Site
Evidence of hunting and hafting during the Middle Stone Age at Sibidu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
La Elección De Rocas De Colores Por Los Pobladores Tempranos De La Región Pampeana (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Antiquity and Migrations of the Early Inhabitants of Patagonia
The Archaeology of Play Things
Clovis Paleoecology and Lithic Technology in the Central Rio Grande Rift Region, New Mexico
Stones and Shafts Redux
The Status of the Object
When Toys and Ornaments Come into Play
Research in the Middle Negro River Basin (Uruguay) and the Paleoindian Occupation of the Southern Cone
Paleoindian Aggregation and Social Context at Bull Brook
Ontology of the self and material culture
| Unique citing works | 26 |
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| Citations per year | 2,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |