The First Stages in the Peopling of the Salta Province, Puna Region (Northwest Argentina): A Review Based on Projectile Points

Abstract

We present an analysis of “fishtail” and triangular non-stemmed projectile points from the puna of the Salta province (northwest Argentina), which are thought to date to the late Pleistocene/early Holocene. These findings position the puna of Salta in current debates concerning the early period of human colonization.

Keywords:

• puna
• Argentina
• archaeology
• projectile points
• early peopling