IMHICIHU   13380
INSTITUTO MULTIDISCIPLINARIO DE HISTORIA Y CIENCIAS HUMANAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Rituals and abandonment in Juella with the Inca conquest of Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina
Autor/es:
LEIBOWICZ, IVÁN
Revista:
Time and Mind
Editorial:
Routledge
Referencias:
Lugar: Oxford; Año: 2017 vol. 10 p. 357 - 378
ISSN:
1751-696X
Resumen:
The opening and closing of spaces have been extensivelydocumented at an ethnographic level in the Andes. In anarchaeological context, though I have numerous examples,there are not many examples that testify to the abandonmentof a particular enclosure or settlement. However, withresearch and fieldwork undertaken in Juella, Quebrada deHumahuaca, Jujuy Province, I have made a significantarchaeological discovery ? that of Enclosure 94 (R94),which includes a door closure, the interment of a foetus inthe occupation floor, and the intentional burial of somegoods. I consider this activity as part of an occupation thatis restricted to the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1250?1450),that the material found and analyzed here is related to ritualand ceremonial activity of the closure and also the symbolic?death? of this space. Based on radiocarbon dates obtainedfrom this particular enclosure and its relationship to theoverall site, I believe that this deposition is not only associatedwith the abandonment of the structure, but it isclosely linked to the site at a time of the Inca conquest ofthe region.