"The thematic symposium “Contributions of technological approaches to the pre-history of South America: Theoretical perspectives and case studies” took place in Goiânia, Brazil, during the 8th Congress of the Brazilian Archaeological Society (XVIII Congresso da Sociedade de Arqueologia Brasileira), on 1 October 2015. The organizers, Dr. Maria Jacqueline Rodet (Lithic Technology Laboratory, Federal University of Minas Gerais) and Barbara Romina Sacur Silvestre (National Institute of Anthropology and Latin-American Thought, Buenos Aires University) had the goal of connecting specialists in South-American technological analyses, irrespective of the nature of the supporting material or the archaeological period."