%0 Journal Article %T ESTRATEGIAS TECNOL¨®GICAS CONSERVADAS EN CONTEXTOS AGROPASTORILES TEMPRANOS DE LA PUNA MERIDIONAL ARGENTINA %A P¨¦rez %A Susana %J Chungar¨¢ (Arica) %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-73562010000200005 %X from the perspective of technological organization, curated, expedient strategies are the most widely used to explain the result-ing material produc¨ªs of their implementation. in general, these strategies have been associated with hunter-gatherer societies, thus their applicability to producer economies has been rare. based on a particular artifact assemblage of lithic shovels and/or hoesfrom antofagasta de la sierra (catamarca, southern plateau of argentina,), we analyze and discuss the implementation of a technological strategy from an early agropastoral context and how it is reflected in artifact designs. the methodology employed consisted of techno-morphological analysis, experimentation, and use wear analysis. %K agropastoral societies %K lithic shovels and/or hoes %K tool designs %K preserved strategy %K hafting %K extended use-life. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-73562010000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en