Estudio de diferencias en el tratamiento funerario entre distintos grupos etarios en un cementerio del Período Temprano del Noroeste Argentino
ISSN: 1887-8687
Ano de publicación: 2011
Título do exemplar: Jornadas de Jóvenes en Investigación Arqueológica, JIA (3as : 5-7 de mayo 2010 : UAB)
Número: 5
Páxinas: 416-429
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Estrat Crític: Revista d'Arqueologia
Resumo
In the decade of the 1920's a necropolis comprising a set of 14 cemeteries was excavated in the site of La Ciénaga (Hualfín Valley, Province of Catamarca, Argentina), which some decades later was dated to the Early Period of Argentine Northwest (200-600 AD). Based on a review of the extensive documentation and the materials recovered from those excavations, which are currently preserved in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, the funerary contexts of one of these cemeteries (No. 13) were analyzed, studying specially the way in which individuals were buried according to the age group they belonged to. A differential treatment was observed in relation to a number of variables regarding the burial type and the grave goods. In this way, the purpose is to analyze the conceptualization of different age categories in the funerary sphere by the social group and how those differences were materialized in the tombs.