Since 1988, a Spanish-Argentinian team has been developing ethnoarcheological projects in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). Our objective was to develop a methodology and conceptual instruments in order to go further in the study of prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies. In the frame of these projects, we excavated some archeological sites corresponding to the period of the European contact with native societies (nineteenth century). Lanashuaia was one of the excavated archeological sites. Prof. Jiri Svoboda participated in the fieldwork carried out during 1996. In this paper we present some of the results obtained of the study of Lanashuaia.
RESUMENDurante 20 años se han llevado a cabo en Tierra del Fuego investigaciones dirigidas a contrastar etnográfica-mente el registro arqueológico de sociedades cazadoras recolectoras. Se trataba de elaborar una metodología específica de abordaje arqueológico para estas sociedades que pudiera aplicarse a otros contextos arqueológicos. Aquí se exponen los diferentes proyectos y sus conclusiones más importantes haciendo especial hincapié en dos aspectos fundamentales, por un lado el técnico-metodológico, de recuperación y tratamiento de la información; y por otro la reconstrucción de las relaciones sociales de producción y reproducción en grupos cazadores recolectores.
ABSTRACTFor 20 years there has been research in Tierra del Fuego in order to contrast ethnographically the archaeological record of hunter-gatherer societies. The objective was to build a specific methodology for an archaeological approach to these societies, that could be applied to various contexts. In this paper we present the projects and the main conclusions emphasizing two fundamental aspects: the technical-methodological one of information recovering and treatment, and the reconstruction of the production and reproduction of social relationships in hunter-gatherer groups.Palabras clave: Etnoarqueología. Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). Sociedades cazadoras recolectoras. Recursos litorales. Recibido: 22-I-07; aceptado: 14-V-07.Para Pachula, a quien echaremos de menos en el paisaje que a diario construimos, pero que encontraremos siempre en el territorio de la ciencia.
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