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CREMONTE, María Beatriz; MARO, Guadalupe  y  DIAZ, Alba María. APPROACH TO THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF INCA PACAJES STYLE: ARCHAEOMETRIC STUDY OF FABRICS. Chungará (Arica) [online]. 2015, vol.47, n.3, pp.387-400.  Epub 21-Ago-2015. ISSN 0717-7356.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-73562015005000029.

This paper aims to advance knowledge about the manufacture and circulation of Inca Pacajes or Saxamar style vessels. Two analytical strategies were tested: (a) fabric petrography in thin sections (N = 33), and (b) chemical analysis by X-ray Fluorescence (N = 18). The results obtained from the analyzed samples from archaeological sites in northwestern Argentina, southern Bolivia and northern Chile indicated that most of the fabrics are included in the same compositional group characterized by abundant fragments of pumiceous rock and volcanic glass, although more compositional differences were recorded in northwestern Argentine samples. Different alternatives to explain variation in a style with wide geographic distribution but minimally represented in northwestern Argentine Inca sites are provided.

Palabras clave : Inca Pacajes; ceramic fabrics; petrographic analysis; X ray Fluorescence.

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