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PEREZ, Alberto E.. Menhirs, kollones (masks) and granite oracles in the Lácar basin, northwestern Argentinian Patagonia. Bol. Mus. Chil. Arte Precolomb. [online]. 2021, vol.26, n.1, pp.11-25. ISSN 0718-6894.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-68942021000100011.

From actualistic ethnographic and ethnohistorical sources, this article analyses novel artifacts, ecofacts, and granite structures whose functionality is associated with the materialization of the ideational aspects of the mapuche society in the Lácar ba sin in the 19th and 20th centuries. The current and historical characterization of these artifacts allows to identify and give a retrospective view of the landscape, its resources, and the dif ferent practices and forms of interaction of the inhabitants of this territory, beyond the economic and subsistence aspects that have traditionally predominated in the archaeological studies of Patagonia.

Palabras clave : Standing Stones/Menhirs; Masks; Oracles; Granite; Archaeology of Patagonia.

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