Abstract

PRATES, Luciano; SERNA, Alejandro; MANGE, Emiliano  and  DE JONG, Ingrid. Expresión material de la interacción entre indígenas y criollos en un sitio funerario del siglo XIX de Norpatagonia (Chimpay, Río Negro). Intersecciones antropol. [online]. 2016, vol.17, n.1, pp.35-48. ISSN 1850-373X.

The result of the analysis of a funerary archaeological context of the late 19th Century from Chimpay (Northeast Patagonia, Argentina) is presented in this paper. Human remains of two individuals, one female and one male, along with a diverse and profuse funerary goods −including clothing, accessories, and several materials placed next to the bodies as funerary offerings- were found. This paper focuses on the analysis of this set of associated materials, which includes both Hispanic and native goods. On the basis of this analysis, it is proposed that both individuals buried at the site were politically and/or socially influential persons. Moreover, it is proposed that the male could have served as an aboriginal interlocutor, and military officer, in the context of interactions between native peoples and the national government.

Keywords : Human burial; Chimpay-Northern Patagonia; Late 19th Century.

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