Simposio Crossing Borders in Latin American Historical Archaeology: Between Fragmentation and Diversity

SENATORE, MARIA XIMENA; RINCON, JUAN MARTIN; NUVIALA, VICTORIA

Toronto, Canadá

Simposio; Society for Historical Archaeology 42nd Meeting; 2009

Society for Historical Archaeology

It has been said that Historical Archaeology in Latin America has matured considerably during the last decades. This can be seen in the increasing number of local and non-local teams that have been created or have shown interest in the area, the diversity of research topics and the quantity and quality of the production and the creation of new journals and publications disseminating these researches.The map of Latin American Historical Archaeology is nevertheless a fragmented one, with different teams often working in relative isolation (within defined borders as regards national or micro-regional scales). This relative isolation has resulted in considerable diversity and originality in the methodological approaches as well as in the analytical and interpretative frameworks. However, this reality is only scarcely represented in English language publications and often hidden under a fictitious appearance of homogeneity.Following the global proposal of the SHA 2009 Annual Meeting "The Ties that Divide: Trade, Conflict & Borders" our aim is to emphasize the richness and diversity of Latin American Historical Archaeology, by exploring the construction of theoretical and methodological borders in our field. We welcome and encourage papers addressing topics or perspectives that have extended beyond local frontiers (such as public archaeology, material culture studies, colonialism, identities, etc.) as well as those related to topics and perspectives specific to a particular area. It is our hope that this symposium contributes as a platform to present the diversity and originality of research projects while enhancing our understanding of the heterogeneous map describing Latin American Historical Archaeology.