Ontology of the self and material culture: Arrow-making among the Awá hunter-gatherers (Brazil) by González Ruibal, Alfredo, Hernando, Almudena, Politis, Gustavo Gabriel

“…After contact with mainstream society from the 1970s onwards, their culture, and especially their material culture, has undergone important transformations. …”
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Nukak : ethnoarchaeology of an amazonian people by Kelly, Robert Laurens

“…Archaeologists need information on material culture – how it is made, who uses it, how long it lasts, what happens when it breaks, what happens when its owner dies, and so on. …”
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Death, personhood, and relatedness in the South Andes a thousand years ago by Acuto, Felix Alejandro, Kergaravat, Marisa Soledad, Amuedo, Claudia Gabriela

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A Fishtail Projectile Point from the Southern Pampean Hills, Characato, Córdoba, Argentina by Cattaneo, Gabriela Roxana, Izeta, Andres Dario, Caminoa, José María

“…Fishtail points are rare, and archaeological sites dating to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition particularly scarce, in this region; hence, this new evidence importantly establishes early human occupation through material culture.…”
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Early Holocene water well in the Pampas of Argentina: Human responses to water shortage events by Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo, Gutierrez, Maria Amelia

“…The aim of this paper is to present the main characteristics of the water well, considering its form, dimension, sediment analyses (texture and chemical parameters), and material culture content. This is the first water well recorded in the Pampas of Argentina. …”
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Patrimonial education and cultural rights: The contribution of archaeological heritage to the construction of collective memories by Zabala, Mariela Eleonora, Fabra, Mariana, Aichino, Gina Lucia, de Carli, María Cristina

“…Since we recognize and respect the cultural rights of these communities in relation to the archaeological heritage, we conducted a scheme of activities to encourage people to participate in archaeological rescues, lectures, and workshops about the lifestyle of the indigenous people that inhabited Córdoba, on the basis of knowledge generated from material culture recovered in these sites. Our methodology derives from concepts framed by Heritage Education, which aims at yielding greater insights into identity and collective memory, in view of the way members of these communities interpret the past.…”
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Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene by Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo, Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel, Bayala, Pablo Darío

“…In this context, it is proposed that the complexity observed in relation to the handling of bodies is part of a worldview in which the body was seen as material culture – as a symbol – that played an important role for the community in group identity maintenance in a cultural context undergoing significant organizational changes.…”
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