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Geomorphology of the Piedmont Area of the Central-East Region of the “Serranias Occidentales”: Fluvial Systems and Geoarcheology. San Luis, Argentina

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The ephemeral streams of the semiarid piedmont environments linked to the Sierras Pampeanas of Argentina have received little attention to date. The detailed study of these fluvial systems in the eastern piedmont of Sierra de Las Quijadas range has made it possible to differentiate two types of ephemeral streams and assimilate them to continuous ephemeral streams or “arroyos” and discontinuous ephemeral systems (DES). The stream locally known as Arroyo Los Hornos has morphological and morphodynamic features that allow it to be classified as a DES. The finding of kiln remains on the old alluvial surfaces has geoarchaeological relevance because of the association of such archaeological remains and their distribution in the piedmont. Rock magnetic analysis indicates that no superparamagnetic grains control the assemblages of magnetic particles. The main magnetic carrier is (titano)magnetite with a concentration of around 0.045% and magnetic grain size of 4–8 m. Radiocarbon dates (14C) for materials extracted from the edaphic horizon developed in the alluvial deposits of paleo valleys and one of the hearths or stoves (hornillos or hornitos), dated to circa 1800 and 500 years BP, respectively, allowed us to define a new stratigraphic unit for the Late Holocene in the region.

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This research project has been funded by the Science and Technique Secretary of the Facultad de Ciencias Físico, Matemáticas y Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentine. The authors would like to thank the helpful reviews of Dr. Jorge Rabassa and Dr. Pablo Bouza which improved the final version of this manuscript.

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    Guillermo Ojeda, David Javier Candia Halupczok, Jorge Chiesa & Franco Icazatti

  2. Instituto de Geofísica, Unidad Michoacán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico

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  3. CONICET CCT San Luis, Geology Department, National University of San Luis, San Luis, Argentina

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Ojeda, G. et al. (2021). Geomorphology of the Piedmont Area of the Central-East Region of the “Serranias Occidentales”: Fluvial Systems and Geoarcheology. San Luis, Argentina. In: Bouza, P., Rabassa, J., Bilmes, A. (eds) Advances in Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies in Argentina. Springer Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66161-8_9

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