Lithic net weights: subsistence and strategic uses of space at the El Porvenir site, in Colombia

Abstract

The following article presents some of the findings associated with the site of El Porvenir, in the department of Cesar, in the northern region of Colombia. It presents some of the subsistence strategies and possible uses of space of the ancient inhabitants of the site, based on the evidence of fishing activities, which reveal the establishment of social relations associated with aquatory, symbolic constructions in aquatic spaces, and the establishment of a social network associated with the use of the site.