Tools in action: instrumentalisation and instrumentation in the technofunctional analysis of late lithic assemblages from the Central Coast of Peru by Pérez Balarezo, Brian Antonio, Babot, Pilar, Carrión Sotelo, Lucénida

“…From an approach that considers that tools exist only in action, the instrumentalization and instrumentation categories are applied in order to evaluate their relevance for the integration of the spheres of production and functioning. In this way, a methodological program was designed to integrate different specialized techniques (petrography, X-ray diffraction, taphonomy, technology and plant microremains) in order to identify the operational patterns of recurrent production and use in each lithic assemblage. …”
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Analysis of a silicified wood quarry at the Southern end of the Deseado Massif (Patagonia, Argentina) by Vetrisano, Lucas Javier, Franco, Nora V., Bianchi, Pablo E.

“…This paper presents the analysis of one of these primary sources with the aim of evaluating if the particular characteristics of this raw material conditioned in some way its use by the hunter-gatherer groups.…”
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Analysis of the bioarchaeological collection belonging to the Archaeological Museum of Villa Paranacito (Prov. of Entre Rios) by Del Papa, Mariano Carlos

“…In the second stage, a protocol was developed aimed at preventive conservation tasks, which were designed to organize the repository and create a database. In this way, it was possible to determine that the provenances of the skeletal remains correspond to the archaeological sites El Guazuncho (NMI = 1) and Arroyo Martínez (NMI = 5). …”
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Dilemmas of modernity: practice and theory of contract archeology in Córdoba, Argentina by Lindskoug, Henrik Bernhard, Marschoff, María

“…The archaeology of and in the city of Córdoba poses the challenge of combining multiple interests and actors in a professional practice that intersects academia, the private sector and the state in different ways. In this article, we describe and reflect on this practice and show how this approach guided us to explore these various positions and initiate new investigations. …”
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Tourism, andean otherness and its locus of dispute, Tilcara, Quebrada de Humahuaca by Primo, Rosario

“…The analysis unfolds a relational and symbolic view of tourism, understanding it as a social space of hierarchical intercultural relations, marked by cultural translations and disputes over knowledge, where pre-existing historical alterities are reworked. In this way, the article demonstrates that a series of agents -sometimes confronted, in collaboration or in contradiction, with heterogeneous positions and unequal powers- constitute tourism and configure the frontiers that dispute and define representations about the andean.…”
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Archaeological heritage and collectors in Villa de Soto, Córdoba, Argentina by Quintero Bonnín, María Clara

“…Mainly I propose to problematize about the representation policies of the local cultural heritage, as well as to think and build together various ways of addressing local archaeological problems.…”
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PEASANT PRACTICES IN RURAL LOCATIONS OF THE FORMATIVE PERIOD: THE CASE OF ALTO JUAN PABLO (BELÉN, CATAMARCA). by Maloberti, Mariana

“…Through these research, we intend to think the practices through which the site was embodied and the particular way of dwell that space.…”
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Gender, power, and mobility among the Awá-Guajá (Maranhão, Brazil) by Hernando, Almudena, Politis, Gustavo Gabriel, González Ruibal, Alfredo, Beserra Cohelo, Elizabeth

“…The Awá (also known as Guajá) are hunter-gatherers whose way of life prior to their first contact with Brazilian society has been altered after relocation to a reservation. …”
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Museum, identity and heritage: reviews on interventions at the El Tero archaeological site (Cachi, Salta) by Cabral Ortiz, Jorge E., Rivolta, Clara

“…This relationship would be evidencingremarkable differences that lie mainly in the way of conceiving heritage. From these differences, we will try to analyze how those developed projects, with different views, intervened in El Tero archaeological site. …”
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Human occupation and paleoenviroment in the lower basin of El Bolsón River (Dpto. Beléon, Catamarca). An approach from geoarchaeology by Meléndez, Ana Soledad

“…From these studies, the way in which the landscape observed at the present time has been shaped by the geomorphologic and environmental processes, along with the human occupation of the valley, can be assessed.…”
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Archaeofauna from a domestic space and implications for prehispanic herding in Río Grande de San Juan by Maryañski, Juan

“…Although, these results also indicate that wider patterns of pastoral production in the area operated under different ways than those ethnographically recorded.…”
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De provisiones y consumos urbanos: la comida en la boca by Chichkoyan, Karina Vanesa

“…To prove this statement we use the concept of unit of acquisition in order to reflect what consumers buy in urban contexts. In this way we separate from the concept of butchering unit that, although specific to hunt-gathering contexts, was also applied to the city.…”
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Probabilistic survey and prehistoric patterns of land and resource use in Mendoza province, Argentina by Garvey, Raven

“…Correlations between key site attributes suggest that the mountains, foothills and plains were all used extensively, though perhaps at differing intensities and in different ways as a function of environmental and demographic factors. …”
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Beyond children’s agency and cultures. Insights from an ethnographic research with mapuche children by Szulc, Andrea

“…In this paper I analyze the assumptions and risks implied in the ways such categories are being used, drawing from my research with Mapuche indigenous children in the province of Neuquén, carried out since 2001. …”
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Travel far away to be close by Gaztañaga, Julieta

“…In this regard it seeks to contribute to understand the ways in which various social actors participate in building up state dynamics.…”
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Interactions and mobility in late pre-Hispanic populations from the río Salado medio area, Santiago del Estero, Argentina by Barazzutti, Maria José

“…The first focuses on the archaeological antecedents that, from a historical review of the way of thinking about exchanges in this region, presents the sites as receiving nodes for external influences and exchanges. …”
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"If you're an anthropologist, well, let's talk about the wind": by Joosten, Guillermo German, Valeggia, Claudia Rita, Sardi, Marina Laura

“…Niche construction theory is then discussed as a holistic way of integrating this knowledge and the example of the Gran Chaco is described. …”
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Science, politics and culture in the conflict over the native forest in the province of Córdoba, Argentina by Koberwein, Adrián; FFyL - UBA / CONICET

“…Understanding the cognitive, political, social, cultural and economic struggle between parties in favour and against the law reform as a “total social process”, the aim is to analyze the way in which scientific knowledge can be socially produced as a political instrument for claiming and demanding participation in matters such as environment “destruction”, “sustainable exploitation” or “conservation”. …”
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Asperger’s syndrome in Mark Haddon’s novel The curious case of the dog in the night-time and Alis Rowe’s autobiography The girl with the curly hair : different genres, different re... by Segovia Oggero, Sara Lia Noelia

“…Their works encouraged changes in the way individuals look at and understand each other, which enabled those who were considered “different” to claim their right to be seen and heard. …”
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