This research evaluates archaeological collections and oral histories to contextualize Lomitas de Saujil, revealing cultural connections and implications for local history.
In this study, we reassess the value of archaeological and documentary collections hosted in national institutions, together with the oral histories of local inhabitants, to characterize and contextualize —chronologically and culturally— the Lomitas de Saujil site (Tinogasta Department, Catamarca). This site, excavated by Alberto R. González in 1964, is currently destroyed because of residential and agricultural expansion in the village that bears the same name. As a working hypothesis, we propose that Lomitas de Saujil, located in the middle sector of the Fiambalá basin, formed part of a network of hamlets or villages dating to the first millennium of the era, which shared lifeways with others situated to the north (Palo Blanco village) and south (LT-V50 village), also associated with funerary contexts. Furthermore, archaeobotanical evidence indicates connections with the Chaco Forest.
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