Querer hacer y poder hacer: la variabilidad en las industrias líticas y su relación con las habilidades técnicas y tecnológicas (original) (raw)

In recent times, the anthropological and psycho-educational approaches in the Archaeology have drawn much attention in Prehistory in order to define in which way individual behaviors could be found in the production. This aspect is considered as the starting point for the analysis of the processes of change or continuity of techno-cultural societies of the past. Although some criticism, particularly in recent times, this individual perspective is essential for older times, in which personal relationships are a fraction of the whole group behavior. Thus, learning as a cultural transmission vehicle becomes a key concept for understanding the collective behavior. We consider that what we can do today depends not only on our natural abilities and maturity, but also on our interaction level with the biological, geographical and social frames. So, this contribution is conceived as a synthesis of several works that have helped to provide a new approach to archaeological studies particularly in the comprehension of the lithic testimonies. Learning skills essentially helps in making sense of the information received, organize, store it in memory and use it. In the analysis of learning processes, we distinguish two fundamental aspects; technical or motor variables, and technological or logical-cognitive ones: For each of them, learning develops unevenly, especially depending on the educational- social interactions produced. Discovering and analyzing learning processes in the Paleolithic record, will be a fundamental aspect in the study of the evolution of the social relations.

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