Native peoples, archaeology and heritage in the southern tip of the Calchaqui Peaks

This work aims to communicate the progress of the project of socialization of cultural heritage that we developed from an agreement between the Indigenous Community of the Diaguita people in the valley of Tafi (Province of Tucumán) and the Archaeology Team of the Southern Calchaquí Summits (UNC-CONI...

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Main Authors: Carrasco, Dana, Chiavassa Arias, Stefania, Espeche, Ignacio, Montegú, Juan, Franco Salvi, Valeria, Salazar, Julián
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Secretaria de Extensión 2020
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/EEH/article/view/30660
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Summary:This work aims to communicate the progress of the project of socialization of cultural heritage that we developed from an agreement between the Indigenous Community of the Diaguita people in the valley of Tafi (Province of Tucumán) and the Archaeology Team of the Southern Calchaquí Summits (UNC-CONICET). The aim is to explain the origin and trajectory of this experience, highlighting the strategies implemented to protect the heritage, incorporate it into the local practical experience and bring it closer to remote observers. The work process implied tasks of an interdisciplinary nature that put into dialogue different types of knowledge, both research and indigenous knowledge.As a result, an exhaustive archaeological survey was carried out, the project was socialized in the community, two dissemination books were published, a community circuit was built in the northern sector of the Ampuqcatao hill (Tafi Valley) and a virtual site museum was built. The circuits are managed by the community and were generated with the goal of including them in the curriculum of the schools in the area, as well as to make visible and reinforce the identity and history of the Diaguita People. of the Diaguita People.