%0 Journal Article %T An¨¢lisis de materiales l¨ªticos de un sitio a cielo abierto del ¨¢rea valliserrana del NOA: Campo Blanco (Tucum¨¢n) %A Hocsman %A Salom¨®n %A Somonte %A Carolina %A Babot %A Maria Del Pilar %A Martel %A ¨¢lvaro Rodrigo %A Toselli %A Andrea %J Cuadernos de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy %D 2003 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in this paper some general items about lithic technology and typology of campo blanco site, placed in the quebrada de amaicha, tucum¨¢n province, are discussed. campo blanco is an open air site where lithic procurement and workshop activities have been done, leaving behind a high density of surface artifacts as its result. it was carry out a technological analysis to asses the steps of the work-chain that are represented. the aim of this analysis was to produce information about alittle known aspect of this kind of sites in the high valley area of northwestern argentina. the archaeological materials recovered through systematic surface sampling and test pits, were analyzed from the technological and typological criteria proposed by aschero (1975, 1983). this allowed us to recognize evidences of procurement, manufacture, possibly use, and recycle activities. those evidences are the result of recurrent human occupations that ended up shaping a palimpsest. %K lithic technology %K hunter-gatherers %K farmer-shepherd societies %K open air site %K high valleys %K northwestern argentina. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1668-81042003000100015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en