Cerro El Sombrero as place, perceptions and evocations

NORA FLEGENHEIMER; NATALIA MAZZIA

Quebec

Otro; International Forum of Young Researchers and Professional in Cultural Heritage; 2008

ICOMOS

Archaeological sites of early hunter gatherers in the Argentinean pampas are not obvious nowadays since they do not exhibit any constructions or other outstanding cultural feature. Neither has any oral tradition about the world of their inhabitants currently persisted. Therefore, these places became significant when someone tells a part of their history, for instance, through the archaeological record. We are working in this direction in the Tandilia range (Argentine pampa), trying to understand how these places of hunters evoke memories. We present the case of archaeological locality Cerro El Sombrero where the largest assemblage of fishtail projectile points of the region has been recovered. Through the analysis of the material record, space surveying and Geographic Information Systems application we propose a partial reconstruction of its history. This perspective plus the present inhabitants´ perceptions convey the multiple interrelated visions that  give character to this place.