The First Paleoindian Fishtail Point Find in Salta Province, Northwestern Argentina
Open Access
- 1 January 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in Archaeological Discovery
- Vol. 02 (02), 26-30
- https://doi.org/10.4236/ad.2014.22004
Abstract
Fishtail or Fell projectile points represent an excellent marker to know the presence of earliest hunter-gatherers populations living during the end of the Pleistocene and its transition to the Holocene. They are widespread in many places along Central and South America. However, there are certain areas with elusive occurrence. Adding new information on the continental and regional distributions of this paleo South American artefact, this paper reports a detailed morphological and technological study of the first fishtail point found in the Salta province, Northwestern Argentina.Keywords
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