Félix Acuto

Biographic Data

ID119054
NAMEFélix Acuto
GIVEN NAMESFélix
FAMILY NAMEAcuto
SIGNATUREACUTO F
AFFILIATIONSConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
ORCID0000-0002-3157-941X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS35
TOTAL CITATIONS63
AUTHOR COUNT35
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Bringing Indigenous Ancestors Back to the Territory: Reflections on Repatriation and Restitution from a South American, Intercultural Perspective

    Jimena Cruz Mamani, Félix A Acuto et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology2026References: 21

    This paper offers insights into repatriation from a South American perspective. We—two Indigenous scholars and a non-Indigenous researcher—propose an intercultural approach for the return of native ancestors to Indigenous lands. This paper starts by debating the concept of “repatriation” and presenting “restitution” as a more appropriate term in South America. It then delves into the relationship between Original peoples and their dead ancestors,…

  • Geografías locales y escenografías imperiales: Un estudio sobre un circuito de peregrinaje andino de altura del período Inca

    Open AccessA Ferrari, J Izaguirre et al.ARTICLEEstudios Atacameños Arqueología y…2025Cited by: 1References: 54

    Pilgrimages have been one of the many ways people have engaged with critical elements of their cosmology throughout history. In this paper, we analyze a high-altitude pilgrimage circuit on the eastern slope of the Nevado de Cachi mountain range (Salta, Argentina) through data generated with intensive surveys, systematic excavations, aerial and satellite images, geo-referenced databases, and assisted by CAD, GIS and augmented reality tools. Specif…

  • Reflexiones para una arqueología activista en América Latina contemporánea

    Open AccessFélix AcutoARTICLEAntípoda Revista de Antropología…2024

    In the current context throughout Latin America, where power groups and the market are increasingly interested in the natural and cultural resources of indigenous territories, indigenous peoples are once again being denied, and their identities, preexistence in the territories, and rights are being questioned. As archaeologists, we must recognize that our work is not merely about investigating past landscapes but also about conducting archaeology…

  • Exploring cultural heritage and archaeological research from a VR-based approach

    Open AccessJ Izaguirre, A Ferrari et al.ARTICLEDigital Applications in…2024Cited by: 2References: 22

  • Indigenous archaeology in Latin America. Towards an engaged, activist and intercultural archaeology

    Open AccessFélix AcutoARTICLEArchaeological Dialogues2024References: 28

    Taking into consideration the socio-political history and politics of identity in Latin America, Indigenous peoples' current demands and the contemporary context of pressure on Indigenous territories from powerful groups who deny and challenge Indigenous identities and organisations in their pursuit to appropriate the natural and cultural resources of these territories, this paper argues for the necessity of an engaged, activist Indigenous archae…

  • Explorando La Organización Social a Partir Del Movimiento Por Las Vías De Circulación De Las Pailas (Valle Calchaquí Norte, Salta)

    Open AccessJ Izaguirre, Joaquín Ignacio Izaguirre et al.ARTICLEChungara2024

    En este trabajo exploramos algunos elementos espaciales de la organización social y de la estructura simbólica que diagramaron la vida social de Las Pailas, un sitio arqueológico prehispánico del Valle Calchaquí Norte (Salta, Argentina) cuyas dataciones indican que estuvo ocupado durante el periodo Intermedio Tardío (1000 DC-1400 DC). El poblado de Las Pailas se encuentra formado por 559 estructuras aglomeradas compuestas por espacios domésticos …

  • Heritage and Original Peoples in Argentina: Learning from Indigenous Voices

    Carlos Y Flores, Carlos Flores et al.ARTICLEHeritage & Society2023

    Heritage has been widely discussed in Latin America in general, and in Argentina in particular, in the last two decades. There have been debates about heritage within academic circles, especially in the social sciences and humanities, it has been a concern of state public administration, linked to tourism development, and it is frequently mentioned in the media. Furthermore, heritage has become an arena of dispute and struggle of subordinate grou…

  • A bit closer to the past: The three-dimensionalization of an Inca ceremony in the north Calchaquí Valley (Salta, Argentina)

    Open AccessA Ferrari, Alejandro Andrés Ferrari et al.ARTICLEVirtual Archaeology Review2021

    Like other expansive polities, the expansion of the Inca empire across the highlands and lowlands of South America is not only a history of trade and warfare, but also of mesmerizing public performances that yielded new and memorable experiences. During highly ritualized public celebratory events, the local polities gained first-hand access to the imperial liturgy, which was vital to promote and legitimate the Inca cosmology across the newly acqu…

  • Praxis e interculturalidad en la arqueología indígena sudamericana

    Open AccessFélix A Acuto, Félix AcutoARTICLEAnuario de Arqueología2021

    El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar un programa o praxis para la arqueología indígena sudamericana; es decir, la arqueología por y para los pueblos originarios. Teniendo en cuenta la historia sociopolítica y cultural de la región, las políticas de identidad desarrolladas por los estados-naciones sudamericanos, las demandas contemporáneas de las organizaciones y movimientos indígenas y el contexto actual de presión sobre y conflictos en los t…

  • In Pursuit of the Sacred: Understanding Inka Colonialism in the Andes

    Félix Acuto, I LeibowiczARTICLEGlobal and European Studies…2021

    The Inka Empire, or Tawantinsuyu, was the largest ancient empire in the Americas. During the fifteenth century and the first decades of the sixteenth century, the Inkas managed to conquer vast regions of the South American Andes, subduing a variety of groups and polities. But the Inkas did not expand their realm for the sole purpose of extracting resources and accumulating wealth. To various degrees, they developed a colonial project that aimed a…

  • Estudio de paisajes celestes andinos a partir de un caso de análisis del Noroeste argentino

    Open AccessJ Izaguirre, Joaquín Ignacio Izaguirre et al.ARTICLEComechingonia Revista de…2021

    Este trabajo aborda el estudio de los paisajes celestes andinos a partir de la arqueoastronomía virtual. Específicamente, se centra en uno de los espacios públicos del sitio Las Pailas -SSalCac 18 (1)-. Se considera la existencia de horizontes de observación astronómica y la ocurrencia de ciertos fenómenos lumínicos durante la salida del Sol en fechas específicas a través del uso del programa de seguimiento estelar Stellarium. A lo largo de este …

  • Uña tambo: Materialidad, espacialidad y cronología de un sitio local intervenido por los Inkas en las tierras altas del valle Calchaquí norte (Salta, Argentina)

    Open AccessAlejandro Ferrari, I Leibowicz et al.ARTICLEBoletín del Museo Chileno de Arte…2021Cited by: 1

    Numerosos trabajos refieren sitios inkas en cumbres, precumbres y laderas de altura, pero hay poca evidencia de copresencia de representantes imperiales y locales allí, y menos de la existencia de sitios preinkaicos. Se discuten aquí los resultados de investigaciones en el sitio de Uña Tambo (X = 4707 msnm), incluyendo análisis de la arquitectura, de la cerámica y fechados radiocarbÃ3nicos sobre carbones vegetales recuperados en las excavaciones.…

  • Pilgrimage, mountain worshiping, and human - Non-human entities' interactions in the South Andes: A case study from the North Calchaquí Valley (Salta, Argentina)

    Open AccessA Ferrari, Alejandro A Ferrari et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2021Cited by: 1References: 48

  • Qué, cómo y quiénes comen a través de un ushnu? Historias de comensalidad en el ushnu de Guitián (Salta, Argentina)

    Open AccessClaudia Gabriela Amuedo, Claudia Amuedo et al.ARTICLERevista Chilena de Antropología2020Cited by: 4References: 13

    En este artículo discutiremos las prácticas de comensalidad diaguita e inca en torno a la plataforma ushnu de Guitián (valle Calchaquí norte, Salta, Argentina). Las excavaciones que llevamos adelante en el interior de la plataforma nos permitieron identificar, recuperar y analizar variados rasgos y depósitos. Daremos cuenta de la estratigrafía, materiales, y contextos arqueológicos reconocidos durante las excavaciones prestando especial atención …

  • Living under the Imperial Thumb in the Northern Calchaquí Valley, Argentina

    Félix A Acuto, Félix AcutoCHAPTERDistant Provinces in the Inka…2018

  • Plazas, "ushnus" y experiencias rituales en el valle calchaquí norte durante la ocupación inka

    Open AccessAlejandro Ferrari, Félix Acuto et al.ARTICLERevista Española de Antropología…2018

    This paper discusses how the Inkas used the architecture and the surrounding topography of their settlements to manipulate peoples` somatic experiences during public ceremonial events. Therefore, we discuss the material and spatial arrangements of four Inka settlements located in the North Calchaquí Valley (Salta Province, Argentina); two high altitude settlements located in the Nevados de Cachi area and two sites located in the northern and sout…

  • Culto y Peregrinaje Inka en el Nevado de Cachi, Salta, Argentina. Nuevos datos en Arqueología de Alta Montaña

    I Leibowicz, Ricardo Moyano et al.ARTICLEÑawpa Pacha2018Cited by: 5References: 13

    This work presents new results of archaeological research carried out in a mountain massif known as Nevado de Cachi (Salta, Argentina). We will focus on an Inka ceremonial platform located near the summit of Cerro Meléndez (6020 masl), which is one of its most prominent peaks, and integrate this information with data collected on two archaeological settlements located on its hillsides to the east. We will argue that a complex system of archaeolog…

  • Understanding the Past Through Indigenous Knowledge and Archaeological Research

    Open AccessFélix Acuto, Hilda CorimayoARTICLEArchaeologies2018Cited by: 4References: 17

  • Inca Colonial Encounters and Incorporation in Northern Argentina

    Félix Acuto, I Leibowicz et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of the Incas2018Cited by: 1

    This chapter discusses Inca rule over Northern Argentina from a landscape perspective, analyzing the politics of space of Inca imperialism. For the indigenous peoples of this rather large region of the South Andes, this process of colonial encounter entailed their forced relocation, the imposition of an Inca landscape overlapping the native one, the intrusion and remodeling of some of their towns and villages, and the seizure of their sacred plac…

  • Approaching imperial narratives one sense at a time: Views and sounds at an Inka settlement in northwest Argentina

    A Ferrari, Alejandro A Ferrari et al.ARTICLETime and Mind2017

    Throughout history, empires have deployed a vast array of strategies to promote their worldview and to control the colonized. Amongst non-violent ones, hosting public ceremonies to show off an empire’s capabilities and to enact and reinforce new desired relations and identities, seemed to be especially effective. This article presents new data and interpretations on how the Inkas employed ritual architecture to manipulate the somatic experiences …

  • Archaeoastronomy on Inca Sites in the Argentine Northwest

    I Leibowicz, Ricardo Moyano et al.ARTICLEJournal of Skyscape Archaeology2017References: 11

    In this paper, we present results of astronomical and landscape analysis at four Inca sites located in the Nevados de Cachi area, North Calchaquí Valley, Salta Province, Argentina. Selection criteria took into consideration the existence of certain traits of paramount importance amongst Inca architecture, such as ushnu platforms, gnomons and a particularly interesting petroglyph located in a high-altitude sanctuary. Results show that the location…

  • Data Tables for Archaeoastronomy on Inca Sites in the Argentine Northwest

    I Leibowicz, Ricardo Moyano et al.ARTICLEJournal of Skyscape Archaeology2017

    The values of azimuth and height were determined by three observations of the Sun, using a theodolite and GPS, including values of the geographical position and local time

  • Arquitectura Y Paisaje Sonoro De Un Asentamiento Inka en El Noroeste Argentino

    Open AccessAlejandro Ferrari, I Leibowicz et al.ARTICLEChungara2017

    Este artculo presenta nuevos datos e interpretaciones respecto del modo en que los Inkas utilizaron la arquitectura para manipular las experiencias somticas de las comunidades que habitaban el valle Calchaqu Norte (Salta, Argentina) a partir del control de su participacin en espacios ritualizados. En esta lnea, nos focalizaremos en las experiencias dismiles que estos espacios promovieron, ya sea a partir del estmulo de ciertas modalidades sensori…

  • Petroglifos en El Valle Calchaquí Norte (Salta, Argentina): Camélidos, Montañas Y Apropiación Inkaica Del Paisaje Local

    Open AccessI Leibowicz, Alejandro Ferrari et al.ARTICLEChungara2015Cited by: 1

    En este trabajo presentamos una primera aproximación al sitio arqueológico denominado Rincón de las Llamas (RDL1) situado en el valle Calchaquí norte, provincia de Salta, Argentina. El sitio, localizado en la cima de una colina en la cercanía del complejo inka de Cortaderas, es un afloramiento rocoso en donde se hallaron 40 rocas grabadas con representaciones figurativas y abstractas. Relevamos el afloramiento y analizamos los motivos presentes e…

  • Death, personhood, and relatedness in the South Andes a thousand years ago

    Open AccessFélix A Acuto, Félix Acuto et al.ARTICLEJournal of Material Culture2014Cited by: 5References: 19

    This article examines the nature of personhood in the Calchaquí region, in the South Andes, during the second part of the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1250-1450). Through the study of the location of graves, architecture, and offerings, the authors explore the type of personhood that Calchaquí communities built and represented through the materiality of funerary practice. They claim that in this cultural and historical context, death became a rea…