Mitologías navieras de Atacama
El caballito de totora de Jean-Christian Spahni
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2990754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Ballester Riesco (0000-0002-7677-717X, University of Tarapacá, corresponding author), Gloria Cabello (0000-0001-7124-3550, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Pages | e4690 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Estudios Atacameños Arqueología y antropología surandinas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0716-0925 • E-ISSN: 0718-1043 |
| Publisher | Universidad Catolica del Norte - Chile (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22199/issn.0718-1043-2022-0012 |
| OpenAlex | W4225327682 |
| Language | ES |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
A totora reed raft has roamed Chilean archaeology since 1967. Biography over biography, from the original piece a new object was created, now virtual and different from its predecessor. The supposed miniature raft was consolidated over time as irrefutable evidence of the age of these vessels and of pre-Hispanic navigation in northern Chile and even in the Andes. The recent study of the object deposited at the Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève in Switzerland reveals that instead of a raft it is a bundle of plant fibers, a kind of artefact common in the funerary contexts of the Formative period in northern Chile, described as paintbrushes, brushes, combs or packs of raw materials. The initial confusion of the Jean-Christian Spahni and the reproduction of his later biographers serves as an input to discuss how archaeological evidence is constructed and how accounts are written in prehistory
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Biography · Confusion · Prehistory · Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America · History · Latin American history and culture · Philosophy
Agency, Biography and Objects
The cultural biography of things
Introduction
Archive Fever
Billfish foraging along the northern coast of Chile during the Middle Holocene (7400–5900 cal BP)
The cultural biography of objects
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
En busca de la balsa perdida
Prehistoric and historic networks on the Atacama Desert coast (northern Chile)
Years of Maritime Subsistence on the Pacific
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |