Abstract

OLAVARRIA, Cristina Prieto; SAEZ, Victoria  and  CHIAVAZZA, Horacio. OCUPACIONES HUMANAS EN LA ALTA MONTANA DE MENDOZA ENTRE LOS SIGLOS XIX Y XX. VIDRIOS EN LOS ALEROS DE CASUCHA DE PARAMILLO DE LAS CUEVAS. Comechingonia [online]. 2023, vol.27, n.3, pp.15-15. ISSN 1851-0027.

This work focuses on the human occupations of post-Hispanic times in the Cordillera Principal of Mendoza (Argentina), an archaeological issue that has been scarcely discussed in the region. Casucha Paramillo de Las Cuevas is one of the eight refuges built at the end of the 18th century to facilitate the crossing of the Cordillera through Paso Uspallata. Royal mail and merchants between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans circulated through this extreme región, with altitudes above 3000 m.a.s.l. and winter snowfalls. This contribution focuses on the analysis of thousands of glass' pieces recovered from the rocky eaves surrounding the casucha providing a general presentation of the discoveries' contexts. Both rocky eaves were occupied in historic times, although they also present evidence of pre-Hispanic occupations. Several types of bottles of alcoholic beverages produced industrially between the mid-19th and early 20th centuries were found. These drinks were consumed by travelers, muleteers and workers involved in the construction of the Ferrocarril Trasandino and the telegraph in order to alleviate the cold and freezing during travel and periods of isolation. The presence of these remains, some of them foreign, illustrates the impact of the insertion, within this southern and extreme zone, in the global economic system since the second half of the 19th century.

Keywords : Andes Mountain Historical; Archeology 19th and 20th centuries.

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