Collaborative archaeology: conservation and análisis of an funerary urn: Traslasierra, Córdoba, Argentina, 2023
El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar las tareas de intervención y conservación de una vasija ... more El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar las tareas de intervención y conservación de una vasija utilizada como urna funeraria, hallada en una propiedad privada de la localidad de La Población, Departamento San Javier, Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina y con ello visibilizar la importancia de la articulación de nuestros trabajos científicos con los museos y las comunidades locales. La intervención fue solicitada por el Área de Arqueología de la Agencia Córdoba Cultura SE y el Museo Histórico Popular “Carlos Ferreyra” de San JavierYacanto. El hallazgo consiste en una urna cerámica de morfología globular sin decoración que en su interior contenía los restos de un individuo infantil, hallazgo poco frecuente en el área serrana de la provincia de Córdoba. Las tareas consistieron en la limpieza mecánica de la urna y la exhumación de los restos humanos, posteriormente se procedió a la conservación preventiva del conjunto, la estabilización y la construcción de un soporte adecuado para contención y evitar mayores daños. Se realizó el análisis de los restos para estimar el perfil biológico, sexo, edad, patologías entre otros. Se tomaron muestras de sedimentos para análisis de macro y microrrestos vegetales y se iniciaron los procesos con la comunidad local y el museo para la inclusión de la información obtenida en una futura exhibición. La aparición de esta urna funeraria nos motiva a iniciar un trabajo en conjunto con el museo local y los vecinos en relación con la preservación de estos hallazgos tan sensibles para las comunidades y en actividades relacionadas con la conservación del patrimonio, museología, y la arqueología pública
Como arqueólogos estamos acostumbrados a analizar el pasado y somos muy conscientes de que el pas... more Como arqueólogos estamos acostumbrados a analizar el pasado y somos muy conscientes de que el pasado es una construcción del presente, pero ¿Y el futuro? No discutimos este tema en mayor medida, lo cual es extraño, ya que la arqueología, de cierta manera, se trata de recopilar información sobre el pasado para las próximas generaciones. Sin embargo, en los últimos años el futuro ha emergido en la agenda de la literatura arqueológica (por ejemplo, Reilly 2019; y en varias contribuciones de Waterton y Watson 2015) por mencionar solo algunas. El futuro, como el pasado, por supuesto también se crea en el presente. Son muchas las cuestiones por resolver sobre este tema y urge un análisis profundo. Deberíamos empezar a preguntarnos ¿Cómo nos involucramos activamente con los futuros procesos de fabricación y producción en nuestra sociedad? La práctica arqueológica junto con la conservación está fuertemente ligadas a diferentes procesos para documentar y preservar restos materiales para nues...
The archeology of and in the city of Córdoba poses the challenge of combining multiple interests ... more The archeology of and in the city of Córdoba poses the challenge of combining multiple interests and actors in a professional practice that intersects academia, the private sector and the state in different ways. In this article we describe and reflect on this practice and show how this approach guided us to explore these various positions and initiate new investigations. Amongst other we analyse this context in the search for the establishment of links between academic archaeology and practice under contract, as well as the reflection on the role of archaeology as an agent of heritagization. To execute this, we start taking a critical position towards the discipline that understands archaeology as a product of modernity, that it develops in modern capitalist contexts and at the same time has the ability to study that same modern society. We conclude with some ethical recommendations about working conditions and practical and methodological issues for contract archaeology in Córdoba
Report from the project Social inovation in Indian culture by the time of European contact. Pichao Project Reoprts No4, GOTARC Series C Arkeologiska skrifter, 2007
This paper will deal with settlements and mainly entrances/doorways between and inside of buildin... more This paper will deal with settlements and mainly entrances/doorways between and inside of buildings at the site of Pichao in the Santa María Valley, North-western Argentina. The study is based on surface observations done during 6 days of field-studies in 2001 at the site of Pichao, documentation from earlier fieldwork at Pichao and literature studies made after the research in Pichao. The focus of this study is on entrances/doorways/exits/openings. Different parts of the Pichao site have been investigated to make a comparison between entrances/openings in two different geographical sectors. Questions that I shall try to answer are: Where do entrances lead? Where are they located? What do they connect? Are paths leading between different entrances? Is there some way of controlling the paths? Who had access to the entrances and the paths. Where are they placed? What is the size of the entrances? Is there a reason behind the size of the entrances? How were they used? These questions are essential when discussing communication between rectangular and circular structures and entrances. A discussion both of functional(istic) and symbolic meanings of entrances/exits is presented. Two different sectors, sector VIII and sector X, have been selected and studied in this investigation. The reason behind the choice of sector VIII and sector X is the geographical similarity of the two sectors. One thing that differs sector VIII from sector X is the different types of ceramics encountered on the surface.
En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar algunas ideas y prácticas que subyacen a la manera en que... more En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar algunas ideas y prácticas que subyacen a la manera en que se concibe y materializa lo patrimonial a partir de una intervención arqueológica en la calle San Jerónimo 326/344/360 (MC.SJ344) ubicado en la zona céntrica de la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina. Estas tareas fueron realizadas en el contexto de un trabajo de arqueología de contrato, comercial o de impacto, lo cual enmarcó y generó el campo de encuentro y de tensiones alrededor de “lo patrimonial” entre los diferentes actores involucrados: arqueólogos, arquitectos, desarrollistas inmobiliarios, entes reguladores y la propia materialidad. A través de una etnografía arqueológica de las diferentes etapas por las que atravesó la materialidad patrimonializada durante el proceso de intervención, identificamos y discutimos algunos de los ejes de conflicto entre los diferentes actores. Este tipo de análisis reflexivos de la propia práctica colaboran en última instancia a proponer cambios en la man...
We have, during the Latin American spring, studied the material traces of state oppression and so... more We have, during the Latin American spring, studied the material traces of state oppression and social movements in Temuco, Chile, and the transformation of the urban landscape with archaeological surveys. Our results demonstrate alterations in the urban landscape related to both police presence and protesters. Large amounts of teargas-projectiles and rubber bullets indicate strong police presence and repression of different social movements. We have also identified protection and resistance modes in the form of shields, paint bombs, and protective masks, often associated with graffiti's, barricades, and other alterations of the public space. Material vestiges combined with interviews have shown how state institutions have tried to cover up the traces of violence. We argue that archaeology can play a central role in this process and in recording the materiality of these events with the aim to hand over the information to human right associations to prevent state oppression.
A partir de una intervención arqueológica en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, llevada a cabo en 2... more A partir de una intervención arqueológica en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, llevada a cabo en 2017 y 2018, presentamos en este artículo algunas discusiones y reflexiones acerca de las metodologías y técnicas allí implementadas y ensayadas. En este espacio urbano, y en el marco de una intervención financiada por una empresa, planteamos una excavación estratigráfica en área abierta, empleando los lineamientos del Museum of London Archaeological Service (MOLAS) y la matriz de Harris para el registro de las unidades estratigráficas. La combinación de la evidencia material con el análisis de la información documental, sumada al procesamiento temprano de la información generada en el campo, facilitada por la estandarización en las formas de registro, posibilitó, dentro de ciertos límites, el uso de maquinaria pesada como técnica de excavación en algunas etapas. ENGLISH: In this article, we discuss some of the methodological approaches and techniques employed in an archaeological assessm...
This is a study of the von Hauenschild collection located at the Museo de Antropología, Facultad ... more This is a study of the von Hauenschild collection located at the Museo de Antropología, Facultad deFilosofía y Humanidades of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. The study is an exploration ofthe history of the collection through time and space and how it was formed and collected in the province ofSantiago del Estero by the German born engineer, Jorge von Hauenschild between 1928 through 1951. Thecollection consists of over 4000 objects, the largest amount of elements in the collection is ceramics, butit also includes various lithic artifacts and human remains.This paper is the result of the study of the von Hauenschild collection as a part of the Museo deAntropología, (UNC) plan of collection management which intends to revalorize it. From the perspective ofcollection management the objects in the collection is studied and through analysis of von Hauenschild'spersonal archive; we step closer to understand the trajectory of a man that started out as an advocate, inou...
A partir de una intervención arqueológica en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, llevada a cabo en 2... more A partir de una intervención arqueológica en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, llevada a cabo en 2017 y 2018, presentamos en este artículo algunas discusiones y reflexiones acerca de las metodologías y técnicas allí implementadas y ensayadas. En este espacio urbano, y en el marco de una intervención financiada por una empresa, planteamos una excavación estratigráfica en área abierta, empleando los lineamientos del <em>Museum of London Archaeological Service</em> (MOLAS) y la matriz de Harris para el registro de las unidades estratigráficas. La combinación de la evidencia material con el análisis de la información documental, sumada al procesamiento temprano de la información generada en el campo, facilitada por la estandarización en las formas de registro, posibilitó, dentro de ciertos límites, el uso de maquinaria pesada como técnica de excavación en algunas etapas. ENGLISH: Use of Historical Sources and Excavation and Registration Techniques in a Case of Urban Archaeolo...
The general objective of this study is to analyse the Aguada society’s abandonment of the Ambato ... more The general objective of this study is to analyse the Aguada society’s abandonment of the Ambato Valley and the evidence related to this process, focusing on palaeoenvironmental factors. This question was associated with fire regimes in the study area. Since several of the archaeological contexts from the area showed that multiple sites had been affected by fires, (Martínez 2, Piedras Blancas, and Iglesia de Los Indios), microcharcoal evidence was used to evaluate, analyse, and identify past fire sequences and fire regimes in pursuit of a link between fires and abandonment. The specific subject of the analysis was the frequency and sequences of the fires, and new techniques and methods based on earlier studies were developed in order to achieve this research objective. The data collected shows that the ecosystem in the Ambato Valley was frequently impacted by recurrent fires since at least 4,500 years B.P., based upon the oldest AMS radiocarbon dates obtained. This study argues that fires have been a recurrent part of this environment and landscape and an integral part of the surroundings of the people inhabiting the area, the Aguada society. There are certain areas which seem to have been struck by more intense and severe fires than others, with some periods also showing stronger fire signals with abundant microcharcoal remains, indicating a the presence of fires that were more intense, frequent, and severe. These wildfires are assumed to have been both natural and cultural in origin, created by both natural events such as lighting strikes as well as by human action.
ABSTRACT A new accessible and easy method for studying past fire events using ‘dry sediments’ is ... more ABSTRACT A new accessible and easy method for studying past fire events using ‘dry sediments’ is presented. The method was developed for analysing samples from 17 locations in the Ambato Valley, NW Argentina, to study fire regimes in the area. Based on earlier researchers’ methods, guidelines to use microcharcoals in ‘dry’ sediments as a palaeoenvironmental proxy are provided. The procedures outlined include sampling/extraction in the field, preparations of the samples, laboratory analysis and quantification of the samples. The new approach was useful to meet the objectives and answer the questions initially proposed in our research about past fire regimes affecting the past Aguada society.
Fire is an integral part of almost all ecosystems on Earth and an important factor in shaping our... more Fire is an integral part of almost all ecosystems on Earth and an important factor in shaping our surroundings. Based on pedoanthracological research, we have reconstructed part of the past landscape and the paleoenvironmental context in an area that was populated by the Aguada Culture around 1000 CE. Pedoanthracology gives us the opportunity to recreate past fire events, including both natural fires such as wildland fires and fire produced by human activity. To understand past fire regimes and to be able to analyze the past archaeological landscape and the paleoenvironmental scenario, we focused our study on the past fire events in the Balcosna Valley, Catamarca Province, North-western Argentina, using microcharcoals extracted from sediments sampled from eight different locations in the area with a sediment corer. In total, 91 samples from the eight stations were analyzed, indicating that the Balcosna Valley was frequently affected by regular fire events in the past. These events, in turn, must have affected the people living in the area in various ways, thus creating a particular interaction between humans and fire.
Reseñamos en este artículo las principales líneas de investigación llevadas a cabo en los últimos... more Reseñamos en este artículo las principales líneas de investigación llevadas a cabo en los últimos 15 años de investigaciones en el valle de Ambato (Catamarca, Argentina). Presentamos asimismo algunas de las discusiones y aportes al proyecto general surgidos a lo largo de estos años desde la arqueoantracología y la pedoantracología. Estas herramientas han permitido una aproximación a dos vínculos particulares que estamos actualmente repensando: humanos-plantas y humanos-climas en el seno de Aguada de Ambato.
Environmentally transformative human use of land accelerated with the emergence of agriculture, b... more Environmentally transformative human use of land accelerated with the emergence of agriculture, but the extent, trajectory, and implications of these early changes are not well understood. An empirical global assessment of land use from 10,000 years before the present (yr B.P.) to 1850 CE reveals a planet largely transformed by hunter-gatherers, farmers, and pastoralists by 3000 years ago, considerably earlier than the dates in the land-use reconstructions commonly used by Earth scientists. Synthesis of knowledge contributed by more than 250 archaeologists highlighted gaps in archaeological expertise and data quality, which peaked for 2000 yr B.P. and in traditionally studied and wealthier regions. Archaeological reconstruction of global land-use history illuminates the deep roots of Earth’s transformation and challenges the emerging Anthropocene paradigm that large-scale anthropogenic global environmental change is mostly a recent phenomenon.
Vi Encuentro Interdisciplinario De Ciencias Sociales Y Humanas 2009, 2009
Hoy en dia, en el subsuelo de la Universidad, se encuentra una importante parte del patrimonio sa... more Hoy en dia, en el subsuelo de la Universidad, se encuentra una importante parte del patrimonio santiagueno. Debajo del Comedor Universitario esta la Reserva Patrimonial del Museo de Antropologia y alli, entre muchas cosas, esta depositada la coleccion von Hauenschild, una de las mas grandes colecciones arqueologicas de Santiago del Estero ubicada fuera del territorio de esa provincia. Esta coleccion fue formada durante casi 30 anos por el Ingeniero aleman Jorge von Hauenschild en sus trabajos arqueologicos en Santiago del Estero, donde el se radico en los anos ‘20. En 1948 la UNC compro la coleccion y ese mismo ano von Hauenschild consiguio un cargo en el Instituto de Arqueologia, Linguistica y Folklore “Dr. Pablo Cabrera” (hoy el Museo de Antropologia). von Hauenschild fallecio en el 1951 y durante alrededor de 50 anos, esta coleccion permanecio casi sin movimiento. Aca presentamos el trabajo con la coleccion durante los ultimos anos, utilizando la teoria de movimiento de las colecciones y el manejo de colecciones. El trabajo enfoca y trata demostrar la importancia de la conservacion y del manejo de colecciones para proteger el patrimonio guardado en varios lugares de nuestra sociedad.
This article adopts a ‘cultural biography’ approach to the examination of an archaeological colle... more This article adopts a ‘cultural biography’ approach to the examination of an archaeological collection from Arica, Chile, involving two museums located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the collection and how the meanings and contexts of a cranium belonging to this collection have changed over time. Different stages in the biography of the cranium are reconstructed here: we document and describe a shift within the western museum world, focusing on Sweden, from considering the scientific value of human remains to considering another dimension linked to livelihood and personhood; we claim that following the intimate trajectory of an object permits us to move through and document the changing value systems in the history of museums in Sweden and its links to the early development of archaeology in South America, together with the collecting practices of Swedish and German scholars such as Max Uhle and Erland Nordenskiöld.
This article compares radiocarbon dates and the stratigraphic matrix obtained from excavations at... more This article compares radiocarbon dates and the stratigraphic matrix obtained from excavations at the Piedras Blancas archaeological site, Ambato Valley, NW Argentina. Analysis revealed inconsistencies between14C dates and certain events that can be clearly identified in the stratigraphy of the site. This fact led first to recognize the importance of a detailed stratigraphic record to allow a point of control and comparison. Secondly, this article discusses for the present case, (a) the consistency shown by the dating performed on bone materials in relation to the stratigraphic matrix and (b) the inconsistencies identified in relation to the dating performed on charred plant material, although this type of material was chosen for collection and dating using all appropriate caution to prevent dating bias. Finally, the possibility is considered that the dated plant materials could be affected by the high microcharcoal concentrations observed in the valley's sediments as the result...
We have, during the Latin American spring, studied the material traces of state oppression and so... more We have, during the Latin American spring, studied the material traces of state oppression and social movements in Temuco, Chile, and the transformation of the urban landscape with archaeological surveys. Our results demonstrate alterations in the urban landscape related to both police presence and protesters. Large amounts of teargas-projectiles and rubber bullets indicate strong police presence and repression of different social movements. We have also identified protection and resistance modes in the form of shields, paint bombs, and protective masks, often associated with graffiti's, barricades, and other alterations of the public space. Material vestiges combined with interviews have shown how state institutions have tried to cover up the traces of violence. We argue that archaeology can play a central role in this process and in recording the materiality of these events with the aim to hand over the information to human right associations to prevent state oppression.
Fil: Lindskoug, Henrik Bernhard. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Facultad de Filosofia y Humanid... more Fil: Lindskoug, Henrik Bernhard. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Facultad de Filosofia y Humanidades. Museo de Antropologia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; Argentina
Collaborative archaeology: conservation and análisis of an funerary urn: Traslasierra, Córdoba, Argentina, 2023
El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar las tareas de intervención y conservación de una vasija ... more El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar las tareas de intervención y conservación de una vasija utilizada como urna funeraria, hallada en una propiedad privada de la localidad de La Población, Departamento San Javier, Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina y con ello visibilizar la importancia de la articulación de nuestros trabajos científicos con los museos y las comunidades locales. La intervención fue solicitada por el Área de Arqueología de la Agencia Córdoba Cultura SE y el Museo Histórico Popular “Carlos Ferreyra” de San JavierYacanto. El hallazgo consiste en una urna cerámica de morfología globular sin decoración que en su interior contenía los restos de un individuo infantil, hallazgo poco frecuente en el área serrana de la provincia de Córdoba. Las tareas consistieron en la limpieza mecánica de la urna y la exhumación de los restos humanos, posteriormente se procedió a la conservación preventiva del conjunto, la estabilización y la construcción de un soporte adecuado para contención y evitar mayores daños. Se realizó el análisis de los restos para estimar el perfil biológico, sexo, edad, patologías entre otros. Se tomaron muestras de sedimentos para análisis de macro y microrrestos vegetales y se iniciaron los procesos con la comunidad local y el museo para la inclusión de la información obtenida en una futura exhibición. La aparición de esta urna funeraria nos motiva a iniciar un trabajo en conjunto con el museo local y los vecinos en relación con la preservación de estos hallazgos tan sensibles para las comunidades y en actividades relacionadas con la conservación del patrimonio, museología, y la arqueología pública
Como arqueólogos estamos acostumbrados a analizar el pasado y somos muy conscientes de que el pas... more Como arqueólogos estamos acostumbrados a analizar el pasado y somos muy conscientes de que el pasado es una construcción del presente, pero ¿Y el futuro? No discutimos este tema en mayor medida, lo cual es extraño, ya que la arqueología, de cierta manera, se trata de recopilar información sobre el pasado para las próximas generaciones. Sin embargo, en los últimos años el futuro ha emergido en la agenda de la literatura arqueológica (por ejemplo, Reilly 2019; y en varias contribuciones de Waterton y Watson 2015) por mencionar solo algunas. El futuro, como el pasado, por supuesto también se crea en el presente. Son muchas las cuestiones por resolver sobre este tema y urge un análisis profundo. Deberíamos empezar a preguntarnos ¿Cómo nos involucramos activamente con los futuros procesos de fabricación y producción en nuestra sociedad? La práctica arqueológica junto con la conservación está fuertemente ligadas a diferentes procesos para documentar y preservar restos materiales para nues...
The archeology of and in the city of Córdoba poses the challenge of combining multiple interests ... more The archeology of and in the city of Córdoba poses the challenge of combining multiple interests and actors in a professional practice that intersects academia, the private sector and the state in different ways. In this article we describe and reflect on this practice and show how this approach guided us to explore these various positions and initiate new investigations. Amongst other we analyse this context in the search for the establishment of links between academic archaeology and practice under contract, as well as the reflection on the role of archaeology as an agent of heritagization. To execute this, we start taking a critical position towards the discipline that understands archaeology as a product of modernity, that it develops in modern capitalist contexts and at the same time has the ability to study that same modern society. We conclude with some ethical recommendations about working conditions and practical and methodological issues for contract archaeology in Córdoba
Report from the project Social inovation in Indian culture by the time of European contact. Pichao Project Reoprts No4, GOTARC Series C Arkeologiska skrifter, 2007
This paper will deal with settlements and mainly entrances/doorways between and inside of buildin... more This paper will deal with settlements and mainly entrances/doorways between and inside of buildings at the site of Pichao in the Santa María Valley, North-western Argentina. The study is based on surface observations done during 6 days of field-studies in 2001 at the site of Pichao, documentation from earlier fieldwork at Pichao and literature studies made after the research in Pichao. The focus of this study is on entrances/doorways/exits/openings. Different parts of the Pichao site have been investigated to make a comparison between entrances/openings in two different geographical sectors. Questions that I shall try to answer are: Where do entrances lead? Where are they located? What do they connect? Are paths leading between different entrances? Is there some way of controlling the paths? Who had access to the entrances and the paths. Where are they placed? What is the size of the entrances? Is there a reason behind the size of the entrances? How were they used? These questions are essential when discussing communication between rectangular and circular structures and entrances. A discussion both of functional(istic) and symbolic meanings of entrances/exits is presented. Two different sectors, sector VIII and sector X, have been selected and studied in this investigation. The reason behind the choice of sector VIII and sector X is the geographical similarity of the two sectors. One thing that differs sector VIII from sector X is the different types of ceramics encountered on the surface.
En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar algunas ideas y prácticas que subyacen a la manera en que... more En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar algunas ideas y prácticas que subyacen a la manera en que se concibe y materializa lo patrimonial a partir de una intervención arqueológica en la calle San Jerónimo 326/344/360 (MC.SJ344) ubicado en la zona céntrica de la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina. Estas tareas fueron realizadas en el contexto de un trabajo de arqueología de contrato, comercial o de impacto, lo cual enmarcó y generó el campo de encuentro y de tensiones alrededor de “lo patrimonial” entre los diferentes actores involucrados: arqueólogos, arquitectos, desarrollistas inmobiliarios, entes reguladores y la propia materialidad. A través de una etnografía arqueológica de las diferentes etapas por las que atravesó la materialidad patrimonializada durante el proceso de intervención, identificamos y discutimos algunos de los ejes de conflicto entre los diferentes actores. Este tipo de análisis reflexivos de la propia práctica colaboran en última instancia a proponer cambios en la man...
We have, during the Latin American spring, studied the material traces of state oppression and so... more We have, during the Latin American spring, studied the material traces of state oppression and social movements in Temuco, Chile, and the transformation of the urban landscape with archaeological surveys. Our results demonstrate alterations in the urban landscape related to both police presence and protesters. Large amounts of teargas-projectiles and rubber bullets indicate strong police presence and repression of different social movements. We have also identified protection and resistance modes in the form of shields, paint bombs, and protective masks, often associated with graffiti&#39;s, barricades, and other alterations of the public space. Material vestiges combined with interviews have shown how state institutions have tried to cover up the traces of violence. We argue that archaeology can play a central role in this process and in recording the materiality of these events with the aim to hand over the information to human right associations to prevent state oppression.
A partir de una intervención arqueológica en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, llevada a cabo en 2... more A partir de una intervención arqueológica en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, llevada a cabo en 2017 y 2018, presentamos en este artículo algunas discusiones y reflexiones acerca de las metodologías y técnicas allí implementadas y ensayadas. En este espacio urbano, y en el marco de una intervención financiada por una empresa, planteamos una excavación estratigráfica en área abierta, empleando los lineamientos del Museum of London Archaeological Service (MOLAS) y la matriz de Harris para el registro de las unidades estratigráficas. La combinación de la evidencia material con el análisis de la información documental, sumada al procesamiento temprano de la información generada en el campo, facilitada por la estandarización en las formas de registro, posibilitó, dentro de ciertos límites, el uso de maquinaria pesada como técnica de excavación en algunas etapas. ENGLISH: In this article, we discuss some of the methodological approaches and techniques employed in an archaeological assessm...
This is a study of the von Hauenschild collection located at the Museo de Antropología, Facultad ... more This is a study of the von Hauenschild collection located at the Museo de Antropología, Facultad deFilosofía y Humanidades of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. The study is an exploration ofthe history of the collection through time and space and how it was formed and collected in the province ofSantiago del Estero by the German born engineer, Jorge von Hauenschild between 1928 through 1951. Thecollection consists of over 4000 objects, the largest amount of elements in the collection is ceramics, butit also includes various lithic artifacts and human remains.This paper is the result of the study of the von Hauenschild collection as a part of the Museo deAntropología, (UNC) plan of collection management which intends to revalorize it. From the perspective ofcollection management the objects in the collection is studied and through analysis of von Hauenschild'spersonal archive; we step closer to understand the trajectory of a man that started out as an advocate, inou...
A partir de una intervención arqueológica en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, llevada a cabo en 2... more A partir de una intervención arqueológica en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, llevada a cabo en 2017 y 2018, presentamos en este artículo algunas discusiones y reflexiones acerca de las metodologías y técnicas allí implementadas y ensayadas. En este espacio urbano, y en el marco de una intervención financiada por una empresa, planteamos una excavación estratigráfica en área abierta, empleando los lineamientos del <em>Museum of London Archaeological Service</em> (MOLAS) y la matriz de Harris para el registro de las unidades estratigráficas. La combinación de la evidencia material con el análisis de la información documental, sumada al procesamiento temprano de la información generada en el campo, facilitada por la estandarización en las formas de registro, posibilitó, dentro de ciertos límites, el uso de maquinaria pesada como técnica de excavación en algunas etapas. ENGLISH: Use of Historical Sources and Excavation and Registration Techniques in a Case of Urban Archaeolo...
The general objective of this study is to analyse the Aguada society’s abandonment of the Ambato ... more The general objective of this study is to analyse the Aguada society’s abandonment of the Ambato Valley and the evidence related to this process, focusing on palaeoenvironmental factors. This question was associated with fire regimes in the study area. Since several of the archaeological contexts from the area showed that multiple sites had been affected by fires, (Martínez 2, Piedras Blancas, and Iglesia de Los Indios), microcharcoal evidence was used to evaluate, analyse, and identify past fire sequences and fire regimes in pursuit of a link between fires and abandonment. The specific subject of the analysis was the frequency and sequences of the fires, and new techniques and methods based on earlier studies were developed in order to achieve this research objective. The data collected shows that the ecosystem in the Ambato Valley was frequently impacted by recurrent fires since at least 4,500 years B.P., based upon the oldest AMS radiocarbon dates obtained. This study argues that fires have been a recurrent part of this environment and landscape and an integral part of the surroundings of the people inhabiting the area, the Aguada society. There are certain areas which seem to have been struck by more intense and severe fires than others, with some periods also showing stronger fire signals with abundant microcharcoal remains, indicating a the presence of fires that were more intense, frequent, and severe. These wildfires are assumed to have been both natural and cultural in origin, created by both natural events such as lighting strikes as well as by human action.
ABSTRACT A new accessible and easy method for studying past fire events using ‘dry sediments’ is ... more ABSTRACT A new accessible and easy method for studying past fire events using ‘dry sediments’ is presented. The method was developed for analysing samples from 17 locations in the Ambato Valley, NW Argentina, to study fire regimes in the area. Based on earlier researchers’ methods, guidelines to use microcharcoals in ‘dry’ sediments as a palaeoenvironmental proxy are provided. The procedures outlined include sampling/extraction in the field, preparations of the samples, laboratory analysis and quantification of the samples. The new approach was useful to meet the objectives and answer the questions initially proposed in our research about past fire regimes affecting the past Aguada society.
Fire is an integral part of almost all ecosystems on Earth and an important factor in shaping our... more Fire is an integral part of almost all ecosystems on Earth and an important factor in shaping our surroundings. Based on pedoanthracological research, we have reconstructed part of the past landscape and the paleoenvironmental context in an area that was populated by the Aguada Culture around 1000 CE. Pedoanthracology gives us the opportunity to recreate past fire events, including both natural fires such as wildland fires and fire produced by human activity. To understand past fire regimes and to be able to analyze the past archaeological landscape and the paleoenvironmental scenario, we focused our study on the past fire events in the Balcosna Valley, Catamarca Province, North-western Argentina, using microcharcoals extracted from sediments sampled from eight different locations in the area with a sediment corer. In total, 91 samples from the eight stations were analyzed, indicating that the Balcosna Valley was frequently affected by regular fire events in the past. These events, in turn, must have affected the people living in the area in various ways, thus creating a particular interaction between humans and fire.
Reseñamos en este artículo las principales líneas de investigación llevadas a cabo en los últimos... more Reseñamos en este artículo las principales líneas de investigación llevadas a cabo en los últimos 15 años de investigaciones en el valle de Ambato (Catamarca, Argentina). Presentamos asimismo algunas de las discusiones y aportes al proyecto general surgidos a lo largo de estos años desde la arqueoantracología y la pedoantracología. Estas herramientas han permitido una aproximación a dos vínculos particulares que estamos actualmente repensando: humanos-plantas y humanos-climas en el seno de Aguada de Ambato.
Environmentally transformative human use of land accelerated with the emergence of agriculture, b... more Environmentally transformative human use of land accelerated with the emergence of agriculture, but the extent, trajectory, and implications of these early changes are not well understood. An empirical global assessment of land use from 10,000 years before the present (yr B.P.) to 1850 CE reveals a planet largely transformed by hunter-gatherers, farmers, and pastoralists by 3000 years ago, considerably earlier than the dates in the land-use reconstructions commonly used by Earth scientists. Synthesis of knowledge contributed by more than 250 archaeologists highlighted gaps in archaeological expertise and data quality, which peaked for 2000 yr B.P. and in traditionally studied and wealthier regions. Archaeological reconstruction of global land-use history illuminates the deep roots of Earth’s transformation and challenges the emerging Anthropocene paradigm that large-scale anthropogenic global environmental change is mostly a recent phenomenon.
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Hoy en dia, en el subsuelo de la Universidad, se encuentra una importante parte del patrimonio sa... more Hoy en dia, en el subsuelo de la Universidad, se encuentra una importante parte del patrimonio santiagueno. Debajo del Comedor Universitario esta la Reserva Patrimonial del Museo de Antropologia y alli, entre muchas cosas, esta depositada la coleccion von Hauenschild, una de las mas grandes colecciones arqueologicas de Santiago del Estero ubicada fuera del territorio de esa provincia. Esta coleccion fue formada durante casi 30 anos por el Ingeniero aleman Jorge von Hauenschild en sus trabajos arqueologicos en Santiago del Estero, donde el se radico en los anos ‘20. En 1948 la UNC compro la coleccion y ese mismo ano von Hauenschild consiguio un cargo en el Instituto de Arqueologia, Linguistica y Folklore “Dr. Pablo Cabrera” (hoy el Museo de Antropologia). von Hauenschild fallecio en el 1951 y durante alrededor de 50 anos, esta coleccion permanecio casi sin movimiento. Aca presentamos el trabajo con la coleccion durante los ultimos anos, utilizando la teoria de movimiento de las colecciones y el manejo de colecciones. El trabajo enfoca y trata demostrar la importancia de la conservacion y del manejo de colecciones para proteger el patrimonio guardado en varios lugares de nuestra sociedad.
This article adopts a ‘cultural biography’ approach to the examination of an archaeological colle... more This article adopts a ‘cultural biography’ approach to the examination of an archaeological collection from Arica, Chile, involving two museums located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the collection and how the meanings and contexts of a cranium belonging to this collection have changed over time. Different stages in the biography of the cranium are reconstructed here: we document and describe a shift within the western museum world, focusing on Sweden, from considering the scientific value of human remains to considering another dimension linked to livelihood and personhood; we claim that following the intimate trajectory of an object permits us to move through and document the changing value systems in the history of museums in Sweden and its links to the early development of archaeology in South America, together with the collecting practices of Swedish and German scholars such as Max Uhle and Erland Nordenskiöld.
This article compares radiocarbon dates and the stratigraphic matrix obtained from excavations at... more This article compares radiocarbon dates and the stratigraphic matrix obtained from excavations at the Piedras Blancas archaeological site, Ambato Valley, NW Argentina. Analysis revealed inconsistencies between14C dates and certain events that can be clearly identified in the stratigraphy of the site. This fact led first to recognize the importance of a detailed stratigraphic record to allow a point of control and comparison. Secondly, this article discusses for the present case, (a) the consistency shown by the dating performed on bone materials in relation to the stratigraphic matrix and (b) the inconsistencies identified in relation to the dating performed on charred plant material, although this type of material was chosen for collection and dating using all appropriate caution to prevent dating bias. Finally, the possibility is considered that the dated plant materials could be affected by the high microcharcoal concentrations observed in the valley's sediments as the result...
We have, during the Latin American spring, studied the material traces of state oppression and so... more We have, during the Latin American spring, studied the material traces of state oppression and social movements in Temuco, Chile, and the transformation of the urban landscape with archaeological surveys. Our results demonstrate alterations in the urban landscape related to both police presence and protesters. Large amounts of teargas-projectiles and rubber bullets indicate strong police presence and repression of different social movements. We have also identified protection and resistance modes in the form of shields, paint bombs, and protective masks, often associated with graffiti's, barricades, and other alterations of the public space. Material vestiges combined with interviews have shown how state institutions have tried to cover up the traces of violence. We argue that archaeology can play a central role in this process and in recording the materiality of these events with the aim to hand over the information to human right associations to prevent state oppression.
Fil: Lindskoug, Henrik Bernhard. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Facultad de Filosofia y Humanid... more Fil: Lindskoug, Henrik Bernhard. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Facultad de Filosofia y Humanidades. Museo de Antropologia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; Argentina
The general objective of this thesis is to analyse the Aguada society's abandonment of the Ambato... more The general objective of this thesis is to analyse the Aguada society's abandonment of the Ambato Valley and the evidence related to this process, focusing on palaeoenvironmental factors. This question was associated with fire regimes in the study area. Since several of the archaeological contexts from the area showed that multiple sites had been affected by fires, (Martínez 2, Piedras Blancas, and Iglesia de Los Indio), microcharcoal evidence was used to evaluate, analyse, and identify past fire sequences and fire regimes in pursuit of a link between fires and abandonment. The specific subject of the analysis was the requency and sequences of the fires, and new techniques and methods based on earlier studies were developed in order to achieve this research objective. The data collected shows that the ecosystem in the Ambato Valley was frequently impacted by recurrent fires since at least 4,500 years B.P., based upon the oldest AMS radiocarbon dates obtained. This thesis argues that fires have been a recurrent part of this environment and landscape and an integral part of the surroundings of the people inhabiting the area, the Aguada society. There are certain areas which seem to have been struck by more intense and severe fires than others, with some periods also showing stronger fire signals with abundant microcharcoal remains, indicating a the presence of fires that were more intense, frequent, and severe. These wildfires are assumed to have been both natural and cultural in origin, created by both natural events such as lighting strikes as well as by human action.
This thesis deals with the von Hauenschild collection at the Museo de Antropología, UNC in Córdob... more This thesis deals with the von Hauenschild collection at the Museo de Antropología, UNC in Córdoba, Argentina. It is an exploration of the history of the collection through time and
space how it was formed and collected in the province of Santiago del Estero by, the German born engineer, Jorge von Hauenschild between sometime in 1928 until 1951. The collection consists of over 4000 objects, the largest amount of elements in the collection is ceramics, but it also includes various lithic tools and human remains. The study is interdisciplinary and based in material culture theory. The section of human remains has been repacked in new
packing material apt to preserve it to the future.
With the use of collection management to study the objects in the collection and document studies of correspondences between von Hauenschild and his large academic network both in Argentina and his international contacts an image steps out of the dark, von Hauenschild transforms from a grave robber to an academic self-thought archaeologist using modern methods for that time to investigate and reveal the native heritage of the province where he lived for over 30 years.
The general objective of this study is to analyse the Aguada society’s abandonment of the Ambato ... more The general objective of this study is to analyse the Aguada society’s abandonment of the Ambato Valley and the evidence related to this process, focusing on palaeoenvironmental factors. This question was associated with fire regimes in the study area. Since several of the archaeological contexts from the area showed that multiple sites had been affected by fires, (Martínez 2, Piedras Blancas, and Iglesia de Los Indios), microcharcoal evidence was used to evaluate, analyse, and identify past fire sequences and fire regimes in pursuit of a link between fires and abandonment. The specific subject of the analysis was the frequency and sequences of the fires, and new techniques and methods based on earlier studies were developed in order to achieve this research objective. The data collected shows that the ecosystem in the Ambato Valley was frequently impacted by recurrent fires since at least 4,500 years B.P., based upon the oldest AMS radiocarbon dates obtained. This study argues that fires have been a recurrent part of this environment and landscape and an integral part of the surroundings of the people inhabiting the area, the Aguada society. There are certain areas which seem to have been struck by more intense and severe fires than others, with some periods also showing stronger fire signals with abundant microcharcoal remains, indicating a the presence of fires that were more intense, frequent, and severe. These wildfires are assumed to have been both natural and cultural in origin, created by both natural events such as lighting strikes as well as by human action.
Incendios que afectaron el valle de Ambato, Catamarca, hacia finales del primer milenio, han favo... more Incendios que afectaron el valle de Ambato, Catamarca, hacia finales del primer milenio, han favorecido la conservación de vegetales carbonizados en contextos arqueológicos. Durante excavaciones realizadas el sitio Piedras Blancas, se recuperaron asociados a vasijas de almacenaje, abundantes frutos identificados como Aff. Geoffroea decorticans (FABACEAE) (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn) Burkart. Estos contextos arqueológicos han sido caracterizados desde diversas líneas de indagación por la desigualdad en el acceso a los recursos por parte de la población, por la heterogeneidad en sus diversos componentes y por ser parte de un final drástico de las ocupaciones prehispánicas en la zona de investigación. La meta del proyecto que integramos apunta a comprender los distintos factores ecológicos, económicos, políticos, sociales y demográficos, tanto endógenos como exógenos, que pudieron haber sometido a los grupos del siglo XI d.C. en Ambato a una situación de vulnerabilidad, cuyo final conocemos como resultado, pero no como proceso. En este marco que, desde distintas líneas que integran la Arqueología y la Etnobotánica, se discutirá el rol de este recurso entre los grupos que ocuparon la región en el pasado. Nos centraremos en las prácticas ligadas a su gestión a escala supradoméstica desde la recolección hasta la distribución y consumo, así como su articulación con la economía agrícola. Asimismo nos interesa indagar en la percepción del “Chañar” como recurso ligado a momentos de carestía, tanto a nivel estacional, siendo el primer fruto que ofrece el ambiente luego de la carestía invernal; como a escala macro vinculado a momentos de sequía, dada su buena resistencia a estas coyunturas. Trabajamos desde distintas perspectivas integrando técnicas de recupero en el campo, análisis arqueobotánicos, determinación de residuo orgánicos en vasijas, análisis de sistemas agrícolas e hidráulicos prehispánicos y entrevistas a pobladores.
Antípoda. Revista de Antropología y Arqueología, Jul 5, 2019
Resumen: objetivo/contexto: en este trabajo discutimos la importancia de estudiar colecciones de ... more Resumen: objetivo/contexto: en este trabajo discutimos la importancia de estudiar colecciones de museos a la luz de teorías antropológicas, empleando la alegoría de excavar el museo como un sitio arqueológico, recuperando nueva información sobre objetos y también acerca de nuevos contextos y ensamblajes. Consideramos que esta práctica de “excavar” nos acercará no solo a los artefactos, sino también a una arqueología del pasado contemporáneo que puede abrir nuevas formas de interactuar con la cultura material y nuestra sociedad. En este debate, son centrales las colecciones y los archivos que pueden utilizarse para difundir la historia de diferentes disciplinas, como la antropología y la arqueología. Metodología: a través de diversos museos universitarios de Argentina discutimos la historia y formación de las colecciones en la historia de la arqueología, haciendo especial referencia a la colección de von Hauenschild del Museo de Antropología (Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). Esta colección proviene de Santiago del Estero, y ha sido estudiada y analizada por nosotros en varias ocasiones. Conclusiones: argumentamos que las nuevas formas de interpretar las colecciones, utilizando conocimiento etnográfico e indígena y trabajando con las comunidades de origen, son capaces de crear nuevas relaciones con los objetos y poner en relieve otras historias de vida que se pueden incorporar al entorno de un museo, siempre cuidando de no reproducir un paradigma colonial en este contexto. Consideramos que las colecciones “hablan” sobre las personas que las excavaron, catalogaron, clasificaron, estudiaron e interpretaron una vez en el tiempo. Originalidad: para cerrar proponemos una agenda de investigación de colecciones en los museos, mediante la “excavación” de material de archivo y reexaminando artefactos arqueológicos.
Collecting Nature, Creating Culture: The Construction of the Nature/Culture Dichotomy in Museums
Abstract: Objective/context: In this paper, we discuss the importance of studying museum collections in new light of anthropological theories, using the allegory of excavating the museum as an archaeological site, retrieving new information about objects and about new contexts and assemblages. We believe that this practice of “excavating” will bring us closer obviously to the artifacts, but also to an archaeology of the contemporary past that can open up new means of interacting with material culture and our society. Central to this debate are the collections and archives that can be used to disseminate the history of different disciplines, such as anthropology and archaeology. Methodology: Through various university museums in Argentina, we discuss the history and formation of collections in the history of archaeology, focusing on the von Hauenschild collection at the Museo de Antropología (Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). The collection, which we have studied and analyzed on several occasions, originates in Santiago del Estero. Conclusions: We argue that, while being careful not to reproduce a colonial paradigm in this context, new ways of interpreting collections, using ethnographic and indigenous knowledge and working with communities of origin, allow us to create new relationships with objects and highlight other life histories that can be incorporated into the museum environment. We believe that collections “speak” about the people who excavated, catalogued, classified, studied, and interpreted them at some point in time. Originality: To conclude, we propose a research agenda to study collections in museums, by “excavating” archival material and re-examining archaeological artifacts.
Colecionando natureza, criando cultura: construção da dicotomia natureza/cultura em museus
Resumo: objetivo/contexto: neste trabalho discutimos a importância de estudar coleções de museus à luz de teorias antropológicas, empregando a alegoria de escavar o museu como um lugar arqueológico, recuperando nova informação sobre objetos e também a respeito de novos contextos e montagens. Consideramos que esta prática de “escavar” nos acercará não só aos artefatos, mas também a uma arqueologia do passado contemporâneo que pode abrir novas formas de interagir com a cultura material e com nossa sociedade. Neste debate, são centrais as coleções e os arquivos que podem ser utilizados para difundir a história de diferentes disciplinas, como a antropologia e a arqueologia. Metodologia: através de diversos museus universitários da Argentina discutimos a história e a formação das coleções na história da arqueologia, fazendo especial referência à coleção de von Hauenschild do Museo de Antropología (Faculdad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). Esta coleção provem de Santiago del Estero, e tem sido estudada e analisada por nós em várias ocasiões. Conclusões: argumentamos que as novas formas de interpretar as coleções, utilizando conhecimento etnográfico e indígena e trabalhando com as comunidades de origem, são capazes de criar novas relações com os objetos e pôr em destaque outras histórias de vida que podem ser incorporadas ao contexto de um museu, sempre cuidando de não reproduzir um paradigma colonial. Consideramos que as coleções “falam” sobre as pessoas que as escavaram, catalogaram, classificaram, estudaram e interpretaram uma vez no tempo. Originalidade: para fechar, propomos uma agenda de pesquisa de coleções nos museus, mediante a “escavação” de material de arquivo e reexaminando artefatos arqueológicos.
Environmentally transformative human use of land accelerated with the emergence of 5 agriculture,... more Environmentally transformative human use of land accelerated with the emergence of 5 agriculture, but the extent, trajectory, and implications of these early changes are not well understood. An empirical global assessment of land use from 10,000 BP to 1850 CE reveals a planet largely transformed by hunter-gatherers, farmers and pastoralists by 3,000 years ago, significantly earlier than land-use reconstructions commonly used by Earth scientists. Synthesis of knowledge contributed by over 250 archaeologists highlighted gaps in archaeological 10 expertise and data quality, which peaked at 2000 BP and in traditionally studied and wealthier regions. Archaeological reconstruction of global land-use history illuminates the deep roots of Earth's transformation through millennia of increasingly intensive land use, challenging the emerging Anthropocene paradigm that anthropogenic global environmental change is mostly recent. 15 One Sentence Summary: A map of synthesized archaeological knowledge on land use reveals a planet transformed by hunter-gatherers, farmers and pastoralists by 3,000 years ago.
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Torben Rick, Tim Denham, Jonathan Driver, Heather Thakar, Amber L. Johnson, R. Alan Covey, Jason Herrmann, Carrie Hritz, Catherine Kearns, Dan Lawrence, Michael Morrison, Robert J. Speakman, Martina L. Steffen, Keir M. Strickland, M. Cemre Ustunkaya, Jeremy Powell, Alexa Thornton.
El presente informe detalla las actividades realizadas y los resultados obtenidos del Proyecto de... more El presente informe detalla las actividades realizadas y los resultados obtenidos del Proyecto de Excavación y Análisis Arqueológico en el inmueble sito en calle Obispo Trejo esquina Duarte Quirós –ex Instituto Técnico Universitario, Barrio Centro, ciudad de Córdoba y futuro Centro Cultural y de Interpretación de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Esta investigación surge a partir de los requerimientos del Área de Arqueología de la Dirección de Patrimonio Cultural de la Agencia Córdoba Cultura SE (AA-DPC-ACCSE) a la Subsecretaría de Planeamiento Físico de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. La dirección general de la intervención arqueológica, incluyendo los permisos de excavación correspondientes, han sido de responsabilidad de dicha Área, la cual participa en el diseño del proyecto arquitectónico así como en la funcionalidad futura del inmueble propiedad de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba a cargo de la Subsecretaría de Planeamiento Físico- UNC. Mientras que la dirección técnica de la intervención y la responsabilidad por la manera en que se llevaron adelante las acciones realizadas durante los tres meses de trabajo fue asumida por los autores del presente informe.
En este informe se describe la información recabada durante la etapa de control de la obra civil ... more En este informe se describe la información recabada durante la etapa de control de la obra civil que comenzó a construirse en el predio localizado sobre la calle San Jerónimo Nº 326, 344 y 360 de la ciudad de Córdoba tras la finalización de la intervención e investigación arqueológica que llevamos a cabo entre los meses de agosto y octubre de 2017 (Marschoff et al 2017). Las tareas de control de obra tuvieron lugar en diferentes oportunidades entre los meses de marzo y junio 2018 y se relacionan estrechamente con la intervención que llevamos a cabo en 2017 focalizado en el sector central del terreno (Marschoff et al 2017).
El presente informe detalla las actividades realizadas y los resultados obtenidos del Proyecto de... more El presente informe detalla las actividades realizadas y los resultados obtenidos del Proyecto de Investigación e Intervención Arqueológica en calle San Jerónimo Nº 326/344/360 iniciado a pedido del Fideicomiso Fundación San Roque III quien emprenderá la construcción de un edificio en dicho emplazamiento. El predio se encuentra emplazado dentro de las 70 manzanas fundacionales, por lo que se encuentra dentro del Área de Riesgo Máximo dentro de la Carta de Riesgo Arqueológico de la ciudad de Córdoba. Su localización implica por tanto que los restos arqueológicos que allí se encuentren constituyen remanentes de ocupaciones registradas a partir de, al menos, el año 1600
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space how it was formed and collected in the province of Santiago del Estero by, the German born engineer, Jorge von Hauenschild between sometime in 1928 until 1951. The collection consists of over 4000 objects, the largest amount of elements in the collection is ceramics, but it also includes various lithic tools and human remains. The study is interdisciplinary and based in material culture theory. The section of human remains has been repacked in new
packing material apt to preserve it to the future.
With the use of collection management to study the objects in the collection and document studies of correspondences between von Hauenschild and his large academic network both in Argentina and his international contacts an image steps out of the dark, von Hauenschild transforms from a grave robber to an academic self-thought archaeologist using modern methods for that time to investigate and reveal the native heritage of the province where he lived for over 30 years.
Indios), microcharcoal evidence was used to evaluate, analyse, and identify past fire sequences and fire regimes in pursuit of a link between fires and abandonment. The specific subject of the analysis was the frequency and sequences of the fires, and new techniques and methods based on earlier studies were developed in order to achieve this research
objective. The data collected shows that the ecosystem in the Ambato Valley was frequently impacted by recurrent fires since at least 4,500 years B.P., based upon the oldest AMS radiocarbon dates obtained. This study argues that fires have been a recurrent part of this environment and landscape and an integral part of the surroundings of the people inhabiting the area, the Aguada society. There are certain areas which
seem to have been struck by more intense and severe fires than others, with some periods also showing stronger fire signals with abundant microcharcoal remains, indicating a the presence of fires that were more intense, frequent, and severe. These wildfires are assumed to have been both natural and cultural in origin, created by both natural events
such as lighting strikes as well as by human action.
Palabras clave: antropología, archivo, arqueología, colección, museo, naturaleza/cultura
Collecting Nature, Creating Culture: The Construction of the Nature/Culture Dichotomy in Museums
Abstract: Objective/context: In this paper, we discuss the importance of studying museum collections in new light of anthropological theories, using the allegory of excavating the museum as an archaeological site, retrieving new information about objects and about new contexts and assemblages. We believe that this practice of “excavating” will bring us closer obviously to the artifacts, but also to an archaeology of the contemporary past that can open up new means of interacting with material culture and our society. Central to this debate are the collections and archives that can be used to disseminate the history of different disciplines, such as anthropology and archaeology. Methodology: Through various university museums in Argentina, we discuss the history and formation of collections in the history of archaeology, focusing on the von Hauenschild collection at the Museo de Antropología (Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). The collection, which we have studied and analyzed on several occasions, originates in Santiago del Estero. Conclusions: We argue that, while being careful not to reproduce a colonial paradigm in this context, new ways of interpreting collections, using ethnographic and indigenous knowledge and working with communities of origin, allow us to create new relationships with objects and highlight other life histories that can be incorporated into the museum environment. We believe that collections “speak” about the people who excavated, catalogued, classified, studied, and interpreted them at some point in time. Originality: To conclude, we propose a research agenda to study collections in museums, by “excavating” archival material and re-examining archaeological artifacts.
Keywords: Anthropology, archaeology, archive, collection, museum, nature/culture
Colecionando natureza, criando cultura: construção da dicotomia natureza/cultura em museus
Resumo: objetivo/contexto: neste trabalho discutimos a importância de estudar coleções de museus à luz de teorias antropológicas, empregando a alegoria de escavar o museu como um lugar arqueológico, recuperando nova informação sobre objetos e também a respeito de novos contextos e montagens. Consideramos que esta prática de “escavar” nos acercará não só aos artefatos, mas também a uma arqueologia do passado contemporâneo que pode abrir novas formas de interagir com a cultura material e com nossa sociedade. Neste debate, são centrais as coleções e os arquivos que podem ser utilizados para difundir a história de diferentes disciplinas, como a antropologia e a arqueologia. Metodologia: através de diversos museus universitários da Argentina discutimos a história e a formação das coleções na história da arqueologia, fazendo especial referência à coleção de von Hauenschild do Museo de Antropología (Faculdad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). Esta coleção provem de Santiago del Estero, e tem sido estudada e analisada por nós em várias ocasiões. Conclusões: argumentamos que as novas formas de interpretar as coleções, utilizando conhecimento etnográfico e indígena e trabalhando com as comunidades de origem, são capazes de criar novas relações com os objetos e pôr em destaque outras histórias de vida que podem ser incorporadas ao contexto de um museu, sempre cuidando de não reproduzir um paradigma colonial. Consideramos que as coleções “falam” sobre as pessoas que as escavaram, catalogaram, classificaram, estudaram e interpretaram uma vez no tempo. Originalidade: para fechar, propomos uma agenda de pesquisa de coleções nos museus, mediante a “escavação” de material de arquivo e reexaminando artefatos arqueológicos.
Palavras-chave: antropologia, arqueologia, arquivo, coleção, museu, natureza/cultura
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Torben Rick, Tim Denham, Jonathan Driver, Heather Thakar, Amber L. Johnson, R. Alan Covey, Jason Herrmann, Carrie Hritz, Catherine Kearns, Dan Lawrence, Michael Morrison, Robert J. Speakman, Martina L. Steffen, Keir M. Strickland, M. Cemre Ustunkaya, Jeremy Powell, Alexa Thornton.