Reframing social equality within an intercultural archaeology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3918901
AutoresA Haber (0000-0001-5770-0874, autor de correspondencia), Alejandro F Haber
Año2007
Volumen39
Número2
Páginas281-297
Fecha de publicación2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438240701259008
OpenAlexW1980816559
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas7

In this paper two archaeological cases from the Southern Andean Altiplano (Collau) region of Antofagasta (Catamarca, Argentina, South America) are presented. While both cases could have been presented in opposition to narratives centred on the assertion of complexity and/or social inequality, the reconstruction here attempts to build on an indigenous theory of relatedness. Such theory, avoiding both the division of reality to treat society as separate and independent and a colonialist discourse of indigenous inequality, traces back social relations within the broader network of relations between beings-in-the-world. Keywords: Intercultural archaeologycolonialityAndesKollaarchaeological discourserelatednesssocial equalitypost-colonial studies Acknowledgements Field research in Tebenquiche Chico was funded by the Secretary for Science and Technology of the National University at Catamarca, through three three-year projects in the 1990s. Research Grant #7357-02 from the National Geographic Society and One-Year Research Project PIA6394 from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research allowed the first survey and excavation in Archibarca. A couple of grants from the Antorchas Trust were used for researching mining villages. More recent works have been funded by the National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology through PICT2002-12563. All the works were accomplished under the corresponding authorization under national and provincial laws. Several students and colleagues participated in each of the research activities, contributing their restlessness, spirit and enthusiasm. Many people contributed their comments, ideas, questions and knowledge to the writing of this text, but none of them is to be charged with the errors of interpretation, which are mine: Dante Angelo, Alan Barnard, Felipe Criado, Armando Fabian, Pedro Funari, Cristóbal Gnecco, Adrián Guitián, Tim Ingold, Carolina Lema, Wilhelm Londoño, Quique Moreno, Axel Nielsen, Robin Osborne, Marcos Quesada, Miguel Ramos, Pedro Ramos, Antolín Reales, Jesús Vazquez, Martin Wobst, José Yuni and an anonymous referee. The research relevant for this text was undertaken in indigenous lands, and it is about indigenous history and culture. The traditional owners authorized the research in every case. The local audiences at a couple of workshops given at Antofalla and Antofagasta towns in 2003 and 2004 were of great help in discussing and contributing the perspectives herein described. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca and ConsejoNacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas,San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina

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