Articulando imágenes, salud y alimentos: Entierros de infantes en urna siglos doce a quince, Fiambalá, Catamarca, Argentina

RATTO, NORMA; LUNA, LEANDRO; ARANDA, CLAUDIA; BASILE, MARA; ANDREONI, DIEGO

Latin American Antiquity

Cambridge University Press

Lugar: Cambridge; Año: 2021 p. 1 - 20

1045-6635

This work proposes to identify the relationship existing in the urn burials of infants of the Fiambala region (Tinogasta, Catamarca, Argentina) between the visual languages displayed on the ceramic vessels containing or accompanying them, the health status of the individuals, and the associated food offerings. The temporal range of the eight cases studied covers a period from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries AD. We consider that the forms of the ritual, the disposition of the remains, and the different kinds of elements deposited (grave goods) are the result of concrete choices made by the community, in which the conceptions and beliefs about death and the continuity of life come into play. The articulation of these lines of evidence suggests that there are no differences in the images displayed in the vessels that accompany the deceased, regardless of their state of health or the type of food offering. We discuss the concealment of certain images as a way of accentuating the identities of the populations dominated by the Inca.