Pre-Inca and Inca Pottery: Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina (The Latin American Studies Book Series)

This Volume Presents A Collection Of Articles Which Offer Different Perspectives For Archaeological Pottery Studies, Regarding The Understanding Of Pre-hispanic Social Practices In Quebrada De Humahuaca, Argentina. The Aim Of This Volume Is To Contribute To Quebrada De Humahuaca Archaeological Knowledge And Its Inclusion In Current Discussions About Andean And Worldwide History Of Pottery Production. In 2003, Quebrada De Humahuaca Was Made A Unesco World Heritage Site. Numerous Tracks, Roads And Settlements Testify To Its Pre-hispanic And Post Pre-hispanic History From Pre-ceramic To Colonial Times. Due To Its Strategic Position Quebrada De Humahuaca Has Been Colonized By Both The Inca And The Spaniards. It Also Has Been A Stage For Many Battles Of The Argentine War Of Independence. The Richness And Abundance Of Ceramic Material Evidence In The Landscape Of The Quebrada De Humahuaca Has Provided Archaeologists Information About Human Behaviour And Social Practices Both In Every And Ritual Activities. Quebrada De Humahuaca, In The Province Of Jujuy (the Northernmost Sector Of Argentina) Is One Of The Most Widely Recognized Archaeological Zones And One Of The Most Widely Studied. Through Extensive Excavations Of The Most Conspicuous Settlements, Archaeologists Managed To Characterize These Pre-hispanic Agricultural Societies And Construct Chronologies Of Northwestern Argentina, And To Elaborate Models Of Trans-andean Population Dynamics.-- The Same Way Of Doing Pottery. San Francisco Ceramic Fabrics From Tumbaya (quebrada De Humahuaca) And San Pedro (san Francisco River Basin) / Lucas Pereyra Domingorena And María Beatriz Cremonte -- Reconsidering Isla Occupation. Pottery, Chronology, And Settlement / María Clara Rivolta, Clarisa Otero And Catriel Greco -- Consumption Of Pottery In Quebrada De La Cueva, Humahuaca, Jujuy / Paola Silvia Ramundo -- Contextual Pottery And Faunal Analysis In The Pre-inca Site Of El Pobladito / Agustina Scaro And Lautaro López Geronazzo -- Ceramic Styles From The Pucara De Tilcara Settlement During The Inca Domination / Clarisa Otero -- Esquina De Huajra Vessels. A Morphological And Decorative Study Of Humahuaca-inca Pottery / Agustina Scaro -- Statistical Analysis Of Radiocarbon Datings From The South Central Sector Of Quebrada De Humahuaca / Catriel Greco -- Pre-hispanic Ceramics As Memory Instruments. Public Archaeology And Inter-cultural Collaboration In The Educative Comunities Of Quebrada De Humahuaca / Mónica Montenegro, María Elisa Aparicio And Nicolás Lamberti -- Appendix: Esquina De Huajra Pottery Inventory. Agustina Scaro, Clarisa Otero, Maria Beatriz Cremonte, Editors. This Springer Imprint Is Published By Springer Nature--title Page Verso. Includes Bibliographical References. "This volume presents a collection of articles which offer different perspectives for archaeological pottery studies, regarding the understanding of pre-Hispanic social practices in Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina. The aim of this volume is to contribute to Quebrada de Humahuaca archaeological knowledge and its inclusion in current discussions about Andean and worldwide history of pottery production. In 2003, Quebrada de Humahuaca was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Numerous tracks, roads and settlements testify to its pre-Hispanic and post pre-Hispanic history from pre-ceramic to colonial times. Due to its strategic position Quebrada de Humahuaca has been colonized by both the Inca and the Spaniards. It also has been a stage for many battles of the Argentine War of Independence. The richness and abundance of ceramic material evidence in the landscape of the Quebrada de Humahuaca has provided archaeologists information about human behaviour and social practices both in every and ritual activities. Quebrada de Humahuaca, in the province of Jujuy (the northernmost sector of Argentina) is one of the most widely recognized archaeological zones and one of the most widely studied. Through extensive excavations of the most conspicuous settlements, archaeologists managed to characterize these pre-Hispanic agricultural societies and construct chronologies of northwestern Argentina, and to elaborate models of trans-Andean population dynamics."-- Publisher's website Front Matter....Pages i-xiii The Same Way of Doing Pottery. San Francisco Ceramic Fabrics from Tumbaya (Quebrada de Humahuaca) and San Pedro (San Francisco River Basin)....Pages 1-27 Reconsidering Isla Occupation. Pottery, Chronology, and Settlement....Pages 29-50 Consumption of Pottery in Quebrada de la Cueva, Humahuaca, Jujuy....Pages 51-80 Contextual Pottery and Faunal Analysis in the Pre-Inca Site of El Pobladito....Pages 81-105 Ceramic Styles from the Pucara de Tilcara Settlement During the Inca Domination....Pages 107-137 Esquina de Huajra Vessels. A Morphological and Decorative Study of Humahuaca-Inca Pottery....Pages 139-167 Statistical Analysis of Radiocarbon Datings from the South Central Sector of Quebrada de Humahuaca....Pages 169-188 Pre-hispanic Ceramics as Memory Instruments. Public Archaeology and Inter-cultural Collaboration in the Educative Comunities of Quebrada de Humahuaca....Pages 189-208 Back Matter....Pages 209-235