Exploring the Petrographic Variability between Decorated and Plain Vessels of La Palmera 2 Site (Entre Rios, Argentina): Toward a Microscopic Approach of the Pre- Hispanic Ceramic Art of the Paraná River Basin
Authors
Flavia V. Ottalagano
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas / Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano, 3
de febrero 1387, Ciudad de Buenos Aires (C1426BJN)
This paper explores the petrographic variability of a ceramic assemblage from the lowlands of the middle Paraná: specifically from La Palmera 2 site (province of Entre Rios, Argentina), with the aim of approaching technological aspects of the pottery art of the societies that inhabited the region during the Late Holocene. We offer a study proposal in which we comparatively consider samples of plain vessels and decorated vessels, with different techniques: red paint, incision and zoomorphic modeling. Likewise, we analyze thin sections corresponding to “coarse ware” or “campanas”, devices peculiar to the archeology of the Paraná River. The results point out a lack of significant petrographic differences between the analyzed samples, suggesting that the potters applied similar technical choices in the manufacture of both plain and decorated vessels. At the same time, some petrographic characteristics specific to “coarse ware” are detected, indicating the implementation of particular technological choices for the elaboration of these artifacts.
Keywords:
Petrographic Analysis, Ceramic Art, Middle Paraná Basin, Late Holocene
Ottalagano, F. V. (2016). Exploring the Petrographic Variability between Decorated and Plain Vessels of La Palmera 2 Site (Entre Rios, Argentina): Toward a Microscopic Approach of the Pre- Hispanic Ceramic Art of the Paraná River Basin. Revista Chilena De Antropología, (32). Retrieved from https://revistachilenahumanidades.uchile.cl/index.php/RCA/article/view/42498
