“Ways of Doing” Pottery in the Cajón Valley (Argentine Northwest) during the First Centuries AD

BUGLIANI MARÍA FABIANA; PEREYRA DOMIGORENA LUCAS

Latin American Antiquity

Cambridge University Press

Año: 2023 p. 1 - 17

1045-6635

This article presents an example of ceramic circulation and exchange networks in the southern Andean region during the firstcenturies AD, derived from the study of the production, circulation, and consumption of the pottery assemblages found in thevillages of Cardonal and Bordo Marcial, located in the Cajón Valley in Catamarca, Argentina. Our analysis of the technical,morphological, and design aspects of the ceramics suggested 6 morphological groups using 3 representation techniques and16 paste recipes; we also found that locally manufactured vessels were used together with ceramics of nonlocal origin in similardomestic contexts. In addition, the foreign ceramic materials suggest that there were networks of interaction between Cardonaland Bordo Marcial and other regions, such as the southern Puna, the Hualfín Valley, the Rosario-Lerma Basin, and theSan Francisco Valley in northwestern Argentina.Keywords: Ceramics, petrography, morphology, iconography, Argentine Northwest, interaction