Abrigo La Tinta: Preliminary Results of a New Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Rockshelter from the Pampas Region (Tandilia Range), Argentina

ABSTRACT

Abrigo La Tinta (La Tinta Rockshelter) is located in the Tandilia mountain range of Argentina. The excavation of two test-pits during a survey revealed buried archaeological remains, including lithic artifacts, ceramic, mineral pigments, and charcoal. A charcoal fragment recovered in the deepest section of Test-pit 2, in association with quartzite and chert flakes, was dated in 10,414 ± 32 ¹⁴C yr BP (12,408 to 12,041 cal yr BP), suggesting a late Pleistocene-early Holocene human occupation.

KEYWORDS:

• Early hunter-gatherers
• quartzite flakes
• charcoal

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the editors and coordinators of the “9 Simposio del Hombre temprano en América” for inviting us to participate in this special issue. María C. Álvarez and Cristian A. Kaufmann assisted with site provenience. Three anonymous reviewers made valuable comments to help improve the quality of this manuscript.

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Funding

This work was funded by the Unidad Ejecutora INCUAPA-CONICET (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, UNICEN), and the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT), under Grant number PICT-2015-2777.