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This work critically analyzes the chronology of the Alamito sites, based on radiometric dating and pottery seriations undertaken during the period of 1950-1995, assessing the real scope of these methods in the light of current reliability standards. The result is a hierarchical organization of information on the basis of reliability, in which the existing dates are not discarded but valued according to their limitations. Finally, new radiocarbon dates are incorporated, allowing us to propose a new chronological scheme for the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of physical and chemical analyses carried out on a set of ornamental goods from Alamito sites. The identification of allochthonous material used for their manufacture and the absence of substantial elements that would indicate local production allow us to put forward the hypothesis that these ornamental goods were acquired through trade, like many other products that circulated through the interregional flow of goods in the macroregional context of the southern Andes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]