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Archaeological
Los Morros de Neiva
site located 1.5 km southwest of the town of Neiva, 30 m on the right bank of a small stream that currently flows into the dam Neiva.
referred The location map the 1:50000 topographic map of ICGC, sheet: 4382-III, condition year: 1980, is given by the coordinates: X-253 410, Y-659 112.
The site was discovered in October 1983 by Orlando Alvarez, Santiago Silva and Luis Benavides; Caonao group members when exploring one of rock shelters in the area known as the Morros de Neiva.
The site remains unchanged because this area has not been used for agriculture because of the large rocks and obstacles presented, which has allowed only destination for grazing cattle, but this has caused any damage to the present. East and the cave of La Tinaja, are the only Cabaiguán Township settlements reported in flap cave, respectively.
The evidence obtained so far have been collected in a small flap or rock shelter and in the vicinity of this and consist essentially, in not very abundant lithic material.
Among the tools of chipped stone industry include: a thick slice scraper. This scraper is considered typical of the earliest industries of Cuba (Febles, 1988). Its working angle is 22 º or so. Were also identified, two drills, one sheet and another slice, do not comply with the specific typological list in terms of its length.
Regarding the stone industry by volume, the hammers, because of their size, are considered medium to small size, while the slabs molederas consist of simple slabs, thin, with obvious signs of work.
In August 1987 Dr. Manuel Rivero de la Calle visited, along with some group members Caonao-the archaeological site of Los Morros de Neiva. REFERENCES
Febles, Jorge (1988): Manual for the study of stone tools of the aborigines of Cuba, Editorial Academia. Havana, Cuba.
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Orlando Silva Álvarez García de la Paz
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