Abstract
This paper presents a review of the archaeological collection obtained in La Yeguada site, excavated by Boretto and Bernal in the second half of the last century. This site is located on a sandbank on a left margin of the Uruguay River (Republica Oriental de Uruguay). The archaeological record was recovered from an edaphic sand level of 20 - 40 cm thick. The recovered assemblage was generated by complex hunter-gatherers of the Late Holocene, clustered within an archaeological unit called “Goya-Malabrigo”. Two radiocarbon dates yield ages of 510 ± 45 and 560 ± 70 years 14 C BP. The pottery is characterized by small to medium-sized bowls and tubular pottery. A fraction is incised with geometric designs. Zoomorphic appendages associated with pottery were also recognized. The faunal collection is represented mainly by deer remains. Lithic artefacts are made of local silicified limestone, composed by flakes and dimpled stones made of quartz sandstone. Finally, the archaeological record is compared to that of other nearby sites located in the region.
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