﻿Vol. 
  2] 
  COMECHINGON 
  AND 
  NEIGHBORS 
  — 
  APARICIO 
  681 
  

  

  in 
  their 
  woolen 
  headdresses 
  which 
  they 
  wear 
  for 
  luxury's 
  sake. 
  [He 
  adds] 
  The 
  

   camisetas 
  which 
  they 
  wear 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  wool 
  and 
  woven 
  with 
  beads 
  in 
  a 
  technique 
  

   of 
  small 
  meshes 
  of 
  delicate 
  work 
  around 
  the 
  openings, 
  the 
  bottom 
  edge, 
  and 
  the 
  

   sleeve 
  openings. 
  

  

  Sotelo 
  Narvaez 
  confirms 
  this 
  information. 
  Barzana 
  seems 
  to 
  con- 
  

   tradict 
  it, 
  but, 
  actually, 
  the 
  contradiction 
  is 
  more 
  apparent 
  then 
  real. 
  

   The 
  various 
  chroniclers' 
  testimony 
  is 
  confirmed 
  by 
  the 
  rock 
  paintings 
  

   and 
  by 
  the 
  clay 
  images, 
  which 
  almost 
  always 
  represent 
  people 
  clothed. 
  

  

  MANUFACTURES 
  

  

  Ceramics. 
  — 
  Pottery 
  making 
  was 
  not 
  well 
  developed 
  compared 
  to 
  

   other 
  regions 
  of 
  Northwest 
  Argentina. 
  The 
  ceramic 
  material 
  found 
  

   archeologically 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  different 
  from 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  still 
  made 
  in 
  

   the 
  region 
  by 
  primitive 
  procedures. 
  

  

  Crude 
  potsherds 
  are 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  sites 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  

   C6rdoba 
  and 
  San 
  Luis. 
  An 
  insignificant 
  proportion 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  

   simple 
  incised 
  decorations 
  or 
  impressions 
  of 
  nets 
  or 
  textiles. 
  The 
  

   incised 
  decoration 
  consists 
  of 
  primitive 
  combinations 
  of 
  lines 
  and 
  dots, 
  

   elements 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  firmly 
  executed 
  with 
  a 
  blunt 
  instrument. 
  

   Geometric 
  figures, 
  left 
  plain 
  or 
  filled 
  with 
  punctations, 
  are 
  the 
  common 
  

   designs. 
  The 
  various 
  design 
  combinations 
  are 
  simple, 
  crudely 
  exe- 
  

   cuted, 
  and 
  limited 
  in 
  variety 
  (pi. 
  149, 
  a-j). 
  No 
  painted 
  pottery 
  has 
  

   been 
  found. 
  There 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  evidence 
  on 
  vessel 
  form, 
  as 
  no 
  whole 
  

   pieces 
  are 
  found. 
  

  

  Besides 
  pottery, 
  other 
  ceramics 
  include: 
  Spindle 
  whorls 
  (pi. 
  149, 
  

   j, 
  m, 
  n) 
  pendants, 
  figurines 
  (pi. 
  149, 
  g-i, 
  k, 
  Z), 
  and 
  other 
  ornaments 
  

   and 
  modeled 
  objects. 
  The 
  highest 
  art 
  expression 
  of 
  these 
  early 
  

   inhabitants 
  of 
  C6rdoba 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  small 
  clay 
  figures. 
  

  

  Textiles. 
  — 
  The 
  technique 
  of 
  woolen 
  fabrics 
  is 
  unknown, 
  but 
  it 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  neighbors 
  of 
  the 
  Comechingdn. 
  

   The 
  textile 
  impressions 
  on 
  potsherds 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  direct 
  evidence 
  

   of 
  weaving. 
  

  

  Stone 
  weapons 
  and 
  tools. 
  — 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  artifacts 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  area 
  

   are 
  stone 
  implements 
  of 
  polished 
  or 
  chipped 
  stone. 
  The 
  first 
  are 
  the 
  

   more 
  abundant, 
  and 
  among 
  them 
  axes 
  and 
  similar 
  tools 
  predominate. 
  

   Chipped 
  implements 
  are 
  usually 
  crude, 
  being 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  poor 
  grade 
  

   of 
  stone, 
  but 
  some 
  are 
  finely 
  worked. 
  

  

  Axes. 
  — 
  Axes, 
  with 
  few 
  exceptions, 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  type 
  with 
  a 
  groove, 
  

   typical 
  of 
  Northwestern 
  Argentina. 
  

  

  Bolas. 
  — 
  Bolas 
  are 
  very 
  common 
  archeologically. 
  Whereas 
  axes 
  

   show 
  links 
  with 
  the 
  Andean 
  cultures, 
  bolas 
  are 
  evidence 
  of 
  influence 
  

   from 
  the 
  Southern 
  Hunters. 
  Bolas 
  from 
  C6rdoba 
  and 
  San 
  Luis 
  are, 
  

   with 
  few 
  exceptions, 
  spherical 
  or 
  subspherical, 
  and 
  most 
  are 
  ungrooved. 
  

  

  Mortars 
  and 
  metates. 
  — 
  Portable 
  stone 
  mortars 
  are 
  abundant, 
  and 
  

   their 
  size 
  varies. 
  The 
  metates 
  of 
  this 
  region, 
  known 
  as 
  "conanas," 
  

  

  