Resumen: objetivo/contexto: la arqueología ha empleado la elaboración de car-tografía estándar (occidental) como una técnica para aprehender y analizar los paisajes arqueológicos pensados usualmente como pertenencias exclusivas de... more
Resumen: objetivo/contexto: la arqueología ha empleado la elaboración de car-tografía estándar (occidental) como una técnica para aprehender y analizar los paisajes arqueológicos pensados usualmente como pertenencias exclusivas de sociedades pretéritas, pasando por alto que las poblaciones actuales incorporan de múltiples maneras estas huellas materiales en sus vidas cotidianas. Este traba-jo plantea una arqueología del paisaje con sentido local, elaborando narrativas que contemplen el lugar que ocupa lo arqueológico en las historias locales pa-sadas y presentes. Metodología: consideramos brevemente el papel desempe-ñado por las arqueologías latinoamericanas en los discursos de la modernidad ligados a los nacientes Estados. Repasamos cómo fue la construcción del objeto * Este artículo es resultado de una beca posdoctoral DGAPA-UNAM otorgada a la primera autora, en el marco del proyecto PAPIME PE 307016 (UNAM), dirigido por el Dr. M. McCall.
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Resumen Este trabajo está guiado por una inquietud: Cómo podemos lograr una colaboración entre comunidades locales y arqueólogos que permita generar no sólo información de carácter científico sobre los paisajes del pasado, sino también... more
Resumen Este trabajo está guiado por una inquietud: Cómo podemos lograr una colaboración entre comunidades locales y arqueólogos que permita generar no sólo información de carácter científico sobre los paisajes del pasado, sino también conocimiento socialmente valorado por los habitantes de las regiones que investigamos. En este artículo presenta-mos las primeras experiencias de cartografía participativa emprendidas en distintas localidades del Valle de Yocavil y algunas reflexiones de dichos encuentros. Palabras clave: Saberes locales, cartografía, arqueología, pai-saje y comunidad. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES: EXPERIENCES OF PAR-TICIPATORY CARTOGRAPHY IN YOCAVIL (NORTHWEST ARGENTINE) Abstract This work is guided by a concern: How can we achieve a collaboration between local communities and archaeologists that allows us to generate not only scientific information about past landscapes, but also knowledge socially valued by the inhabitants of the regions we investigate. In this article we present the first experiences of participatory mapping undertaken in different locations of the Valley of Yocavil and some reflections of those encounters.
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Se presentan evidencias estratigráficas provenientes de un sondeo localizado en el interior de una estructura semicircular con muros de piedra, sitio denominado Soria 3, correspondiente al período Temprano (600 a.C.-1000 d.C.) del... more
Se presentan evidencias estratigráficas provenientes de un sondeo localizado en el interior de una estructura semicircular con muros de piedra, sitio denominado Soria 3, correspondiente al período Temprano (600 a.C.-1000 d.C.) del Noroeste argentino. La unidad, registrada en la Mesada de Andalhuala Banda (Valle de Yocavil, Provincia de Catamarca), se interpretó como una unidad residencial empleada, luego de su desocupación, como espacio funerario para el entierro de un infante en una olla. Se detallan las características constructivas de la estructura, la estratigrafía y los materiales recuperados, la modalidad de inhumación, el contenedor cerámico empleado para la misma y los resultados del análisis bioarqueológico de los restos óseos. Asimismo, se comunican las dataciones radiocarbónicas obtenidas a partir de muestras del individuo y carbones del piso de ocupación del espacio doméstico.
Las evidencias son coherentes con el patrón de ocupación previamente registrado en el sitio Soria 2, unidad doméstica emplazada en la misma mesada, apuntando a la configuración de un patrón aldeano local.
Las evidencias son coherentes con el patrón de ocupación previamente registrado en el sitio Soria 2, unidad doméstica emplazada en la misma mesada, apuntando a la configuración de un patrón aldeano local.
Los sitios de la Mesada de Andalhuala Banda (MAB), Soria 2 y Soria 3 (de inicios del primer milenio de la Era), comparten una configuración de la materialidad en la cual lo doméstico se imbrica con lo funerario; vasijas y locaciones que... more
Los sitios de la Mesada de Andalhuala Banda (MAB), Soria 2 y Soria 3 (de inicios del primer milenio de la Era), comparten una configuración de la materialidad en la cual lo doméstico se imbrica con lo funerario; vasijas y locaciones que en un tiempo fueron ollas y casas, respectivamente, fueron redefinidas como urnas funerarias y tumbas en una trayectoria temporal contenida en el Temprano. Tomando como eje de estudio el entierro de infantes y niños pequeños en ollas ordinarias y en espacios domésticos, en esta presentación se plantean y analizan prácticas en torno al evento de la muerte temprana utilizando la
Investigación en curso en la MAB (valle de Yocavil, Catamarca) como una oportunidad para reflexionar acerca de ciertos aspectos del mundo
temprano, ensayando una narración arqueológica centrada en los lugares y en los sujetos, transitando una escala espacial local y una escala temporal acotada a una o dos generaciones.
The sites of Mesada de Andalhuala Banda (MAB), Soria 2 and Soria 3 (from the beginning of the first millennium of the era), share a configuration of materiality in which the domestic is imbued with the funerary; vessels and locations that at one time were pots and houses, respectively, were redefined as funeral urns and tombs in a temporal trajectory contained in the Early Period. Taking into account the burial of infants and children into ordinary pots and in domestic spaces, this paper presents and analyzes practices around the early death event using the ongoing research in the MAB (Yocavil Valley, Catamarca) as an opportunity to reflect on certain aspects of the Early Period, emphasizing an archaeological narrative centered on places and subjects, transiting a local spatial scale limited to one or two generations.
Investigación en curso en la MAB (valle de Yocavil, Catamarca) como una oportunidad para reflexionar acerca de ciertos aspectos del mundo
temprano, ensayando una narración arqueológica centrada en los lugares y en los sujetos, transitando una escala espacial local y una escala temporal acotada a una o dos generaciones.
The sites of Mesada de Andalhuala Banda (MAB), Soria 2 and Soria 3 (from the beginning of the first millennium of the era), share a configuration of materiality in which the domestic is imbued with the funerary; vessels and locations that at one time were pots and houses, respectively, were redefined as funeral urns and tombs in a temporal trajectory contained in the Early Period. Taking into account the burial of infants and children into ordinary pots and in domestic spaces, this paper presents and analyzes practices around the early death event using the ongoing research in the MAB (Yocavil Valley, Catamarca) as an opportunity to reflect on certain aspects of the Early Period, emphasizing an archaeological narrative centered on places and subjects, transiting a local spatial scale limited to one or two generations.
Research Interests: Sociology of Children and Childhood, Andean Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Settlement Patterns, Andean Culture, and 7 moreBurial Practices (Archaeology), Settlement archaeology, Sociologia da Infância, Formative Andean archaeology, Arqueología del Noroeste argentino, Periodo Formativo, and Periodo Alfarero Temprano
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This paper presents a study of the ceramic styles of the early Late Period in Yocavil and its environs, in Northwest Argentina. With a multileveled contextual perspective, we employed the conceptual tools of semiotics and the psychology... more
This paper presents a study of the ceramic styles of the early Late Period in Yocavil and its environs, in Northwest Argentina. With a multileveled contextual perspective, we employed the conceptual tools of semiotics and the psychology of perception to analyze the “Lorohuasi” pots—part of the San José assemblage—and then expanded our observations to other classes of vessels with the same design pattern. The graphic abstraction of the zoomorphic and anthropomorphic beings that were identified revealed the value of the serpent and dual anthropomorphic figures in San Jose aesthetics, allowing us to make linkages with pre-Late and “Santamariano” symbolism, which was very useful for situating this aesthetic in the region both spatially and historically.
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This chapter presents the results of archaeological survey undertaken in the Mesada de Andalhuala Banda, Southeast Yocavil Valley, Catamarca, Northwest Argentina (NWA). Three hundred and eighty-two architectural units (AU) were... more
This chapter presents the results of archaeological survey undertaken in the Mesada de Andalhuala Banda, Southeast Yocavil Valley, Catamarca, Northwest Argentina (NWA). Three hundred and eighty-two architectural units (AU) were registered, which suggests a prolonged occupation during the first and second millennia AD. In this opportunity, I will focus on the Late Period occupation (tenth–sixteenth centuries) and the evidence reflecting activities of the agricultural production cycle, including structures for cultivation, mounds, and longitudinal accumulation of stones that were the product of land clearing, irrigation systems, milling tools, and circular storage structures. Spatially associated with these features are simple and compound residential units with double-faced walls filled with rubble and sediment, morphology assignable to the Santa María culture, which could be the dwelling sector of the population tasked with food production. This information allowed us to hypothesize that the Mesada, as a main productive area, was occupied during the entire Late Period, a time that included climate change and interethnic conflict, and played an important role in relation to the nearby pukara settlement.
Spano, R., M. S. Grimoldi, V. Palamarczuk y A. Álvarez Larrain. 2015. Entre muros y vasijas: entierros y memoria en Soria 2, valle de Yocavil. En Crónicas materiales precolombinas. Arqueología de los primeros poblados del noroeste argentino, A. Korstanje et al. (eds), pp. 485-517. SAA, Buenos Aires.more
In this chapter we reflect on the material remains of ancient mortuary rituals in Andalhuala (Yocavil Valley, Catamarca) and their relationship to the construction of collective memory. To accomplish this we focus on funerary contexts... more
In this chapter we reflect on the material remains of ancient mortuary rituals in Andalhuala (Yocavil Valley, Catamarca) and their relationship to the construction of collective memory. To accomplish this we focus on funerary contexts from the site of Soria 2, the remains of a domestic structure in which
-subadult burials were placed. The chapter describes the construction features of the burials, the ceramic containers and associated funerary accompaniment, and the characteristics of the human remains. This evidence is discussed in the
light of data obtained from the larger context of the Andalhuala-Banda stream terrace, which provides a local setting to examine the relationship between funerary practices and memory.structure in which-subadult burials were placed. The chapter describes the construction features of the burials, the ceramic containers and associated funerary accompaniment, and the characteristics of the human remains. This evidence is discussed in the light of data obtained from the larger context of the Andalhuala-Banda stream terrace, which provides a local setting to examine the relationship between funerary practices and memory.
-subadult burials were placed. The chapter describes the construction features of the burials, the ceramic containers and associated funerary accompaniment, and the characteristics of the human remains. This evidence is discussed in the
light of data obtained from the larger context of the Andalhuala-Banda stream terrace, which provides a local setting to examine the relationship between funerary practices and memory.structure in which-subadult burials were placed. The chapter describes the construction features of the burials, the ceramic containers and associated funerary accompaniment, and the characteristics of the human remains. This evidence is discussed in the light of data obtained from the larger context of the Andalhuala-Banda stream terrace, which provides a local setting to examine the relationship between funerary practices and memory.
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This volume of Andean Past contains the following articles, research reports, and obituaries: "Editor's Preface" by Monica Barnes; "Donald Frederick Sola" by Monica Barnes; Paulina Mercedes Ledergerber-Crespo" by A. Jorge Arellano-Lopez;... more
This volume of Andean Past contains the following articles, research reports, and obituaries: "Editor's Preface" by Monica Barnes; "Donald Frederick Sola" by Monica Barnes; Paulina Mercedes Ledergerber-Crespo" by A. Jorge Arellano-Lopez; "Death Notices (Robert Ascher, Bernd Lambert, Daniel W. Gade, and George Bankes) by Monica Barnes and Bill Sillar; "Obsidian Procurement and Cosmopolitanism at the Middle Horizon Settlement of Conchopata, Peru" by Richard L. Burger, Catherine M. Bencic, and Michael D. Glascock; "Characteristics and Significance of Tapia Walls and the Mochica Presence at Santa Rosa de Pucala in the Mid-Lambayeque Valley" by Edgar Bracamonte; "Health at the Edge of the Wari Empire: An Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Hatun Cotuyoc, Huaro, Peru" by Sara L. Juengst and Maeve Skidmore; "Demographic Analysis of a Looted Late Intermediate Period Tomb, Chincha Valley, Peru" by Camille Weinberg, Benjamin T. Nigra, Maria Cecilia Lozada, Charles Stanish, Henry Tantalean, Jacob Bongers, and Terrah Jones; "Macrobotanical Remains from the 2009 Season at Caylan: Preliminary Insights into Early Horizon Plant Use in the Nepena Valley, North-Central Coast of Peru" by David Chicoine, Beverly Clement, and Kyle Stich; "Obsidian Technology at the Wari Site of Conchopata in Ayacucho, Peru" by Catherine M. Bencic; "Incahuasi, Canete" by Alejandro Chu; "Luis Barreda Murillo's Excavations at Huanuco Pampa, 1965" Monica Barnes; "Early Village Formation in Desert Areas of Tarapaca, Northern Chile (Eleventh Century B.C.--Thirteenth Century A.D.)" by Simon Urbina, Leonor Adan, Constanza Pellegrino, and Estefania Vidal; and "Don Mateo-El Cerro, a Newly Rediscovered Late Period Settlement in Yocavil (Catamarca, Argentina) by Alina Alvarez Larrain.