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Contributions to the Understanding of Early Prehistory in Santa Maria Valley, North-Western Argentina

Muñoz, Adriana and Fast, Natalia LU (2006) Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liége, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001 In British Archaeological Reports - International Series 1524. p.27-33
Abstract
At the Museum of World Culture (former Etnografiska Museet i Göteborg) there is an archaeological collection from the Santa Maria and Calchaqui Valleys of north-western Argentina, which came to the museum in 1930. In this article we will focus on six well-preserved objects with provenience from Quilmes and La Quebrada del Carmen in the Santa Maria Valley. In addition to the good conservation of the artefacts and the fact that they are dated to 2,500-3,000 BP, we have also chosen them for their contextual information.  The Santa Maria period (Regional Development Period AD 1,000-1,480) is the last prehistoric period before the Spanish Conquest and is well known. Regarding the periods before Santa Maria, on the contrary, knowledge is... (More)
At the Museum of World Culture (former Etnografiska Museet i Göteborg) there is an archaeological collection from the Santa Maria and Calchaqui Valleys of north-western Argentina, which came to the museum in 1930. In this article we will focus on six well-preserved objects with provenience from Quilmes and La Quebrada del Carmen in the Santa Maria Valley. In addition to the good conservation of the artefacts and the fact that they are dated to 2,500-3,000 BP, we have also chosen them for their contextual information.  The Santa Maria period (Regional Development Period AD 1,000-1,480) is the last prehistoric period before the Spanish Conquest and is well known. Regarding the periods before Santa Maria, on the contrary, knowledge is lacking. Therefore, the aim of this article is to present new results, based upon our work with these specific museum objects. This, in turn, will contribute to the investigations performed at present by Argentinian scholars on earlier periods in the Santa Maria Valley area.


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Au Musée des Cultures du Monde (ancien Musée Ethnographique à Göteborg) il y a une collection archéologique des vallées Santa Maria et Calchaqui dans le nord-ouest de l'Argentine, qui vint au musée en 1930. Dans cet article nous allons nous orienter vers six objets bien présérves qui sont originaires de Quilmes et La Quebrada del Carmen dans la Vallée de Santa Maria. Outre la bonne conservation des artifacts et le fait qu'ils sont datés à 2,500-3,000 BP, nous les avons aussi choisis pour leur information contextuelle. La période Santa Maria (Période de Development Régionale AD 1,000-1,300) est la dernière période préhistorique avant la conquête espagnole et, en outre, elle est très connue. Quant aux périodes avant Santa Maria, au contraire, ils manquent de la connaissance. Pour cela l'intention de cet article est de présenter des nouveaux résultats, fondés sur notre travail avec ces pièces de musée spécifiques, Cela, de son côte, contribuera aux investigations effectuées maintenant par des chercheurs argentins sur les périodes antérieurs dans la terre de la Vallée de Santa Maria. (Less)
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Section 17: Préhistoire de l'Amérique. American Prehistory : C 17:1: Change in the Andes: Origins of Social Complexity, Pastoralism and Agriculture - C 17:1: Change in the Andes: Origins of Social Complexity, Pastoralism and Agriculture
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British Archaeological Reports - International Series
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Yacobaccio, Hugo D. and Olivera, Daniel E.
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1524
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27 - 33
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Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress, University of Liége, Belgium, 2-8 September 2001
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Liège, Belgium
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2001-09-02 - 2001-09-08
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0143-3067
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1-84171-961-7
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English
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Actes du XIVème Congrès UISPP, Université de Liège, Belgique, 2-8 septembre 2001 : Section 17, Préhistoire de l'Amérique, C17.1 Change in Andes S. 27-33
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  booktitle    = {{Section 17: Préhistoire de l'Amérique. American Prehistory : C 17:1: Change in the Andes: Origins of Social Complexity, Pastoralism and Agriculture}},
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