Resumen

SANHUEZA R, Lorena; FALABELLA G, Fernanda; FONSECA P, Eugenia  y  ANDONIE Z, Oscar. Aplicación de análisis de pastas macroscópicos, petrográficos y de composición de elementos químicos al problema de la procedencia de cerámica en el Período Alfarero Temprano de Chile central y Cuyo, Argentina. Estud. atacam. [online]. 2004, n.28, pp. 121-132. ISSN 0718-1043.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-10432004002800010.

In this study, we use binocular, petrographic and instrumental neutron activation analyses to study ceramic pastes from El Indígeno (Argentina) in order to determine their provenance and to evaluate if they are reaching the site from central Chile. The results show that the ceramic context from El Indígeno not only shares morphological and decorative characteristics with Llolleo pottery from Chile, but also their technological pattern. The elemental composition differs from that of ceramics from La Granja, a Llolleo archaeological site on the Cachapoal river basin, which was thought as a potencial source for the El Indígeno ceramic material, indicating that they don't share the same clay sources

Palabras clave : pottery ; provenience ; pastes analyses ; petrography ; neutron activation analyses.