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NOTES ON EMBERA PERSONAL NAMES

NOTAS SOBRE LOS NOMBRES PERSONALES EMBERA

Sandra Turbay and José Joaquín Domicó

This paper aims to contribute to the contemporary debates about personhood in South American indigenous peoples through the study of the meaning and functions of Embera personal names in western Colombia. As in other Amerindian groups, the body is socially fabricated within an animistic and perspectival context. However, the Embera believe that the human body is porous and achieves its full potential by assimilating the souls and qualities of other species during childhood. The Embera proper names reflect the close connection between the human being and their natural environment, and most of them are compound words that identify the person with a variety of living beings, geographical features, objects, and spiritual beings. Furthermore, the link between the name and the main soul of the human being, along with Catholic baptism, body painting, and baths with plant infusions, acts as a defense against the attack of spirits. The Embera names individualize the person, serve as markers of ethnic identity, and teach boys and girls values and qualities of their respective gender.

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PRINTED INEQUALITIES: A FIRST STEP FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN HISTORY IN PERUVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

DESIGUALDADES IMPRESAS: UN PRIMER PASO PARA EL ESTUDIO DE LA HISTORIA DE LAS MUJERES EN LA ARQUEOLOGÍA PERUANA

Carito Tavera Medina and Lady Santana Quispe

This article focus on the topic of women in the Peruvian archaeological academy from a feminist perspective characterized by its disruptive and critical drive. In Peru, the archaeological community is distinguished by its breadth and diversity in terms of gender, ethnicity, origin, and socioeconomic position. However, research about about a comprehensive history of women in Peruvian archaeology is scarce. In this regard, and to study the level of participation that women archeologists have in local academic production, the authors raise the following question: What is the situation of women archaeologists in the Peruvian academic dissemination spaces? For this purpose, two of the journals with the highest impact at the national level, Arqueología y Sociedad and the Boletín de Arqueología PUCP, were analyzed. The analysis shows the lack of gender equality in these two spaces of scientific dissemination and the underrepresentation of women compared to their male peers, all this in contrast to the steady increase of women in this academic field.

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THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ARGENTINE SOCIETY OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN ITS EARLY YEARS

LA ORGANIZACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE ANTROPOLOGÍA EN SUS PRIMEROS AÑOS

Ana Carolina Arias

This paper aims to analyze the organization and the early years of the first scientific association devoted to anthropological sciences in Argentina. Formed in 1936 by a heterogeneous group of people with varied interests, the Argentine Society of Anthropology was a space for sociability as well as exchange and dissemination of knowledge and practices linked to different disciplines of human sciences. It also attempted to strengthen the image of these study areas as scientific disciplines. The analysis of the Argentine Society of Anthropology shows the role of a private organization in the strengthening of anthropological sciences in Argentina during the 1930s and 1940s. Furthermore, it shows how the anthropological sciences back then could expand thanks to a heterogeneous network of relationships scattered over different provinces and national territories. This development was also made possible by the active participation in both the society and the anthropological sciences of enthusiasts and students, many of whom were women.

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ANALYSIS OF THE LITHIC ASSEMBLAGES IN ZOKO ANDI 1 MULTI-COMPONENT SITE. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE LOWER BASIN OF THE COLORADO RIVER (BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA

ANÁLISIS DE LOS CONJUNTOS LÍTICOS DEL SITIO MULTICOMPONENTE ZOKO ANDI 1. APORTES AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LA TECNOLOGÍA DEL CURSO INFERIOR DEL RÍO COLORADO (PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA)

Florencia Santos Valero

This paper presents a technological study of lithic assemblages of the Zoko Andi 1 site during its occupation between the Initial Late Holocene (ca. 1500-1300 years BP) and the Final Late Holocene (ca. 800-400 years BP). The management of rocks in each temporal lapse, as well as the differences and similarities between the temporal lapses, was addressed on the basis of a technomorphological and technological (operational chains) analysis. In this way, the information generated contributed to broaden the knowledge about the production of lithic artifacts throughout the Late Holocene. The results were also integrated to other lines of evidence, contributing with information on the functionality of the site and settlement strategies of the occupying groups.

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FISHERMEN OF THE DESERT: OCCUPATION AND SUBSISTENCE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DESAGUADERO RIVER (WEST-CENTRAL ARGENTINA) BETWEEN CA. 1200 AND 400 BP

PESCADORES DEL DESIERTO: OCUPACIÓN Y SUBSISTENCIA EN LA MARGEN OESTE DEL RÍO DESAGUADERO (CENTRO OESTE ARGENTINO) ENTRE LOS CA. 1200 Y 400 AÑOS AP

Horacio Chiavazza, Cristina Prieto-Olavarría, Fernando Hernández, Lorena Puebla, Marcos Quiroga and Jorge Anzorena

This article presents the results of the archaeological study of the PA68 site in the El Quebrachito lagoon, located on a lunette sand dune next to an old wetland of the Desaguadero River (Gran Llanura de la Travesía, west-central Argentina). Based on the results of radiocarbon dating and of ceramic, archaeofaunistic, and lithic material analyses, it is postulated that between ca. 1200 and 800 years BP, during the Medieval Climate Optimum, populations intensified the occupation of the area and of this site in particular. Occupations, within a logistic mobility pattern, around ca. 400 years BP during the Little Ice Age are also recorded. Although strong alterations can be observed in these remains, as they are deposited in the dunes, these do not hinder the interpretation of the process of use of riverside environments with occupations linked to subsistence modes, focused on fishing and technologies, which took advantage of mineral resources in the north of Mendoza, as well as others to the east of the study area.

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