%0 Journal Article %T Alcances y limitaciones para caracterizar las ocupaciones formativas en Cafayate (Salta) %A Ledesma %A Rossana %A Subelza %A Claudia %J Andes %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this work analyses the possibilities and limitatios of placing the archaeological formative sites the cafayate (salta) micro-region from the chronological point of view. records show peculiarities that do not correspond well with the antecedents of this subregion. absolute radiocarbon-dated indicators as well as the relative ones, such as rock art, pottery technology and different kinds of placement in the south of calchaqu¨ª valley were used to estimate the pre-santamariana occupations chronologically. on a micro-regional scale there was a progress in the chronological, technological, ritual and territorial knowledge. this information shows that the social processes were peculiar and that populations were part of a dynamics different from the regional one %K formative %K rock art %K pottery technology %K cafayate %K territory. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1668-80902009000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en