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Archaeological Neiva Viejo
Neiva Viejo is the most important settlement within site types in the presence of early pottery, which is due to better conservation status of this evidence and typological characteristics of the trousseau, in relation to the remaining uncovered so far in this area. is located 600 meters northwest of the town of El Hatico and 60 m from the right bank of the Pumpkins, which flows into the River Zaza is approximately 3 km, roughly the area occupied by the settlement.
Hiraldo was found by Rojas, a member of Caonao, in March 1984 to obtain this information that a local farmer had found several fragments of pottery.
The location map of the site is: 257,050 x-, y-660 480, scale 1:50000 sheet 4382-III, the ICGC.
highlight the presence of a budding potter, who has a long tradition of pottery, although some development is observable in relation to the finish and color of this pottery, comparing with protoagricultores sites discovered in the country (Tabío, 1984).
It denotes the absence of decorations or ridges of the fragments that were part of different vessels. Only detected a fragment of rim with a biconical hole cross practiced the same and very close to the top, which must have had a utilitarian purpose.
Regarding the form of ceramics, it can be argued, based on the recovered-edged fragments using navicular and globular vessels (Silva and Alvarez, 1985).
The bulk of the fragments ranging between 4 mm and 10 mm, but most predominantly in the vessels is between 6 mm and 7 mm.
Temper employee is thick and consists of small fragments of quartz and associated with them, less frequently-micro quantities (sand and limestone).
Finding this material together three fragments Buren, among which stands out a border, it is extremely interesting, which suggests the possibility that the presence of such evidence is due to a cultural exchange with other groups and dominated the bitter cassava, mainly or incipient cultivation of the plant by the target group.
is quite possible that the site discovered by Grave de Peralta in the nineteenth century was Neiva Viejo, taking into account all the features together, both geographical and archaeological.
As industry carved stone of Neiva Viejo, there are technological similarities with sites I and The Ladies Aurora.
Moreover, industry Volume stone members, in essence, hammers and majadores, which consist of natural stones used without previous preparation thereof. These instruments, according to its size, can be categorized as medium to small size.
The presence of dimples on the flat faces of some strikers possible to infer that these are only traces of work or wear during use of these in the function of beating on some items some consistency or hardness.
Two stone are the only outstanding items collected at the site superstructural Neiva Viejo. One long and their flat faces, is built on a rock mica-slate, fractured biconical hole height and size 160 mm x 610 mm x 22 mm (appears slightly hammered at its proximal end). The other earring is cylindrical and is broken at both ends. Its dimensions are 177 mm x 34 mm.
were collected fragments of different sizes of stone Dyer (hematite). We did not notice signs of friction on the surfaces of these rocks.
.- Other evidences were collected 184 pieces of colonial ceramics, some with yellow enamel and other reddish.
REFERENCES .-
. Tabío, Ernesto E. (1988): Introduction to the Archaeology of the West Indies, publisher of Social Sciences, La Habana, Cuba.
. Silva García, Santiago and Orlando Álvarez de la Paz (1985): Archaeological site Neiva Viejo (unpublished).
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Orlando Silva Álvarez García de la Paz
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