Abstract

JUAREZ, Vanesa Beatriz. Ceramics and their social role in mortuary contexts. PP9-III and PP13-I as study cases (ca. 1000-1300 years bp) (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca). Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2017, vol.10, n.2, pp.35-46. ISSN 1852-060X.

Abstract In this paper we present information obtained through stylistic analyses performed over ceramic materials recovered from mortuary contexts in the Punta de la Peña 9 -Sector 3- and Punta de la Peña 13 - Sector I- sites. These sites are located in the Antofagasta de la Sierra micro-region (Argentinian Puna). Moreover, we seek to approach the social role of the ceramics in those spaces, since we consider that stylistic characteristics as well as the "life histories" of such objects, are meaningful qualities for the selection of these elements and their incorporation to specific practices such as mortuary ones. The analysis that allowed us to complete this study were performed on thin sections of ceramic pastes, observing techno-morphological, functional and decorative aspects, as well as wear traces. Finally, the achieved results helped us to keep expanding our knowledge of the stylistic variability present in the analyzed ceramic assemblage and to reconstruct the biography of the object chosen to participate in mortuary practices.

Keywords : Cerámica; Estilo; Historia de vida; Funebria; Puna; Ceramic; Style; Mortuary Practices; Puna.

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