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Significación e historicidad en el paisaje campesino del valle Calchaquí Norte (provincia de Salta, Argentina)

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  • María Cecilia Páez

    (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET))

  • Gimena Alé Marinangeli

    (Universidad Nacional de La Plata)

  • Gimena Alé Marinangeli

    (Universidad Nacional de La Plata)

Abstract

In Andean peasant communities, ritual practices play a central role in the reproduction of the group. Ethno historical records show the existence of material elements in the pre-hispanic landscape that suggest they were constructed in order to promote the fertility of the fields and protect seeding. These stone structures, called huancas, have been located in the midst of agricultural fields. Their presence in the current landscape of the North Calchaqui Valley indicates that part of the ritual meaning they had for previous generations is preserved by modern peasants, and reinterpreted in a new social and cultural context based on the existence of pre-hispanic huancas in an Andean community of the province of Salta (Argentina), this article reflects on these issues through the correlation of archaeological and ethnographic records.

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  • María Cecilia Páez & Gimena Alé Marinangeli & Gimena Alé Marinangeli, 2016. "Significación e historicidad en el paisaje campesino del valle Calchaquí Norte (provincia de Salta, Argentina)," Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria, issue 68, pages 137-156, april.
  • Handle: RePEc:seh:journl:y:2016:i:68:m:april:p:137-156
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    Keywords

    Ritual practices; Memory and tradition; Andean region; Antrophology;
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    JEL classification:

    • P32 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Collectives; Communes; Agricultural Institutions
    • R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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