The Impact of the International Financial Crises Upon Emerging Economies and the Performance of Discretionary Fiscal Policies: The Case of Argentina by Rezk, Ernesto, Lafit, Ginette, Ricca, Vanina

“…However, public spending was in the rootof the government’s fi scal strain as their growth rate outweighed that ofrevenues and caused an erosion of the primary surplus, whose present levelartifi cially stemmed from exceptional revenue fl ows and the discretionaryseizing of pension funds. Finally, although the overall cyclical sensitivity of tax revenues increased, budget balance’s response to GDP did not suffi ce tocheck cycles and active fi scal policies had to strengthen stabilizing actions.…”
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Animal reasoning: negation and representations of absence by Morales Ladrón de Guevara, Jorge

“…I offer an alternative account resorting to the sub-symbolic similarity judgments proposed by Vigo & Allen and I introduce the notion of expectation: animal proto-negation takes place through the incompatibility between an expected and the actual representation. Finally, I propose that the paradigm of expectations can be extrapolated to other experiments in cognitive psychology (both with pre-linguistic children and animals) in order to design ?…”
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Intentional explanations and teleological explanations of animal behaviour by Danón, Laura

“…As I will try to show, there are behaviors of non-human animals that can be explained neither by the teleological stance, nor by the intentional stance. Finally, I will suggest that, in order to overcome this problem, Okrent’s requirements for the legitimate application of the intentional stance should be revised and mitigated.…”
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THE MALVINAS WAR IN THE DIARIO DE QUERÉTARO by Solís Hernández, Oliva, Elizondo Sánchez, Andrea Itzel

“…Based on the notes presented by the editorial, three moments can be distinguished: from the occupation of the islands to the beginning of the armed hostilities; from the beginning of the war to the surrender and finally, the last notes that appear on the subject. …”
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El Ajarafe: An ephemeral mountain space occupied at different times of the Holocene (Tandilia, Province of Buenos Aires) by Mazzia, Natalia

“…Besides, spatial studies based on Geographic Information Systems are also described. Finally, the integration of this information of El Ajarafe site is the point of departure for a discussion about the ephemeral human occupations in the Tandilia range through time.…”
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Lithic raw materials in the northern coast of San Matias Gulf (Río Negro, Argentina): sources distribution and general trends in their exploitation by Favier Dubois, Cristian, Alberti, Jimena

“…Furthermore, we examine the influence of variations in the coast line on the availability and accessibility to these sources, and include different rocks petrographic identification. Finally, we outline general trends in their use. The results indicate that siliceous rocks were the most exploited, followed by vulcanites and chalcedonies in third position. …”
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Relationships between the populations of Hualfín Valley (Belén, Catamarca province) and those located to the south. A case study from a Sanagasta vessel by Iucci, María Emilia, Wynveldt, Federico

“…The neutron activation analysis and the petrographic information led us to establish that the vessel was manufactured with raw materials that are different from those used in local vessels, and let us to think in a foreign origin, probably form Abaucán valley (Catamarca) or La Rioja and San Juan provinces. Finally, we consider deeper cultural and temporal relations between inhabitants than the population politics led by Inka Empire.…”
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The choice of laminated supports throughout the Holocene in the Interserrana Bonaerense area (Argentina) by Barros, María Paula

“…In this sense, one of the aims of this work is to determine the technical criteria that were considered for the preparation and exploitation of the cores. Finally, different variables, such as raw material, acquisition, and production objective, played a significant role at the moment of choosing this kind of extraction.…”
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Songs and memory in historical narratives of the Suruí of Rondônia (Brazilian Amazonia) by Yvinec, Cédric

“…The rhetorical and aesthetical forms of these songs, their pragmatic uses, and the Suruí metalinguistic theories are analysed, so as to explain why this discursive genre can appear as the most perfect kind of speech, in the context of the initial composition of a song. Finally, the article examines the conversational uses of quotations of old songs in historical accounts and shows that the narrative structure, particularly the connections between the evoked events, are determined by the rhetorical and aesthetical properties of the quoted songs.…”
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Anthropology of museums and representations of African descent: theoretical perspectives, debates and proposals by Lamborghini, Eva

“…This article proposes a journey through the critical bibliography of the museums of the last decades, distinguishing some contributions of the Anthropology that give account of the transformation of these institutions in highly politicized arenas, where subalternized groups question the power relations and decide their inclusion and self-representation. Finally, it focuses on Afro-descendant representations in Argentina as a particularly relevant ground for reflecting on and discussing the supposed transparency of the relationships between “culture”, “identity” and museum.…”
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Experimental assessment of trampling effects on obsidian artifacts by Borrazzo, Karen, Weitzel, Celeste, Ceraso, Antonio

“…Results show that fracture ratio is significantly higher on hard substrates, and that the value of maximum fracture thickness shows no variations in obsidian. Finally, including the obsidian dataset to the decision tree showed that certain raw materials may modify the relevant variables and/or their influence on the TFP.…”
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Lithic raw material in the Pampean region of the Buenos Aires province: current situation and call for a collective work by Arislur, Selene, Pazzi, Franco, Mazzia, Natalia, Flegenheimer, Nora

“…Our main goal is to synthesize and systematize the published information, in order to lay foundations for the creation of an open digital data base to bring together such information. Finally, we consider that a previous general discussion and agreement on certain issues are necessary when creating a collective construction useful for the whole academic community.…”
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Contributions of Hangar site to the technological management study in the basin of the Salado creek (province of Buenos Aires) during the late Holocene by Barros, María Paula, Bellinzoni, Jonathan Ezequiel, Colantonio, María José, Álvarez, María Clara, Kaufmann, Cristian Ariel

“…This indicates that during the final late Holocene there was a significant circulation of raw materials, distant up to 400 km away from the site.…”
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Archaeobotanical analysis of carbonized beans recovered in the late site La Estancia (Catamarca, Argentina) by Fuertes, Juana, Liotta, Karen

“…The radiocarbon date obtained for this site places it occupation mainly in the XV century, in the final moments of the regional prehispanic cultural development. …”
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The investment of theory in ethnography in social anthropology by Balbi, Fernando Alberto

“…Next, I illustrate this statement by showing how my ethnographies of the conflicts between the members of a fishermen’s cooperative and of the Peronist concept of ‘loyalty’ gave rise to some theoretical developments around the analysis of the moral dimension of social life. Finally, I suggest that these procedures are the correlate at the level of methodology of the ‘ethnographic perspective’ —a very general theory about the nature of social life that has been developed throughout the history of the discipline.…”
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Avatars of the Anthropological Museum “Dr. Omar Barrionuevo”, School of Archeology, National University of Catamarca by Espiro, Valeria Elizabeth

“…These collections become an invaluable heritage for the university, the city of Catamarca, the province and the country, and this is how the need arises for its value, to provide conditions for research, the generation of new scientific knowledge, educational resources and the link with society. Finally, we will reflect on the current context of the Museum, in times of pandemic and the planning of activities in the new normal, being aware that this reflection constitutes a stimulating and fundamental exercise for the development of museums and the professionals who work in them.…”
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Written on bones and paper. A review of the anthropological collections of the Museo de La Plata by Sardi, Marina, Del Papa, Mariano C.

“…Thirdly, many skulls and skeletons were identified and referenced, sometimes as the product of vague memories, and then reordered as a result of the exhibition and research. Finally, we discuss how these practices impact in the restitutions of human remains to indigenous people.…”
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Diferentes enfoques en la investigación del arte rupestre del sistema serrano de Ventania by Oliva, Fernando

“…Among the diverse developed lines of work, can be mentioned: a) the classification of the motifs in styles, tendencies, and other categories, which makes possible its comparison with other graphical expressions of neighboring areas, and help us in the discussion of the spatial scales in the area and within the region; b) the documentation, classification and monitoring of the deterioration agentsfrom natural or anthropic origin , operating on and next to the motifs; c) the ritual and symbolic aspects of the pampas societies, like the use of entheogens relative to the elaboration and meaning of the rock art in a shamanic context; and finally, d) the semiotic analyses, which understand the rock art like a system of structured, ruled and communicating signs.…”
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Ocupaciones humanas y grabados rupestres del norte de la sierra de Valle Fértil (Provincia de San Juan) by Re, Anahí, Podestá, M. Mercedes, Romero, Guadalupe

“…Also, the distribution patterns of the representations are explored on different scales, comparing the different sites as well as the disposition inside them. Finally, in emphasizing the association of the rock art with other kinds of archaeological evidence, we seek to provide more information about the possible roles that rock art had in the occupation of the region.…”
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Annotated catalog of vertebrate type specimens in the Paleontological Collection of Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina by Montalvo, Claudia Inés, Kihn, Romina G., Cerdeño, Esperanza

“…For each taxon, we provide updated taxonomy as well as synonyms, original or modified diagnosis (translated into Spanish if needed), type locality, geographic and stratigraphic provenance, and derivation of the name. Finally, in several cases we provide some taxonomic comments and list the specimens assigned in the original publication.…”
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