Sequía vieja y los bañados de Añatuya en Santiago del Estero: Nodo de desarrollo local e interacción macrorregional  <span class="so-article-trans-title" dir="auto"> Translated title: Sequía vieja and the bañados de Añatuya in Santiago del Estero: Node of local development and macroregional interaction </span>

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Abstract

El artículo explora la posibilidad de conformación de una región prehispánica alrededor de los Bañados de Añatuya (río Salado medio, Santiago del Estero, Argentina) y el papel central que el sitio Sequía Vieja pudo desempeñar como nodo de relaciones, alianzas y encuentros entre poblaciones locales, andinas y del Noreste Argentino. Se plantea también la perduración e importancia de este nodo durante la Colonia. Para ello se describe y analiza material artefactual procedente de colecciones, enfatizando el estudio de indicadores de origen andino y chacolitoraleño (objetos de metal, cuentas de minerales de cobre y Spondylus?, pichcas, pipas, rasgos cerámicos, entre otros). La información se articula con resultados de trabajos de campo propios en el sitio Sequía Vieja y área vecina (caracterización, primeros fechados, estructura).

Translated abstract

This paper explores the possibility of a pre-hispanic region surrounding the Bañados de Añatuya (Middle Salado river, Santiago del Estero, Argentina) and the importance that the site of Sequía Vieja might have had as a node of relationships, alliances and communication with Andean and Chaco-littoral populations. Moreover, it is proposed that this node not only endures over Colonial times, but also remains very important during this period. For that reason, we describe and analyze the archaeological collections recovered in the site, emphasizing the study of indicators of Andean and Chaco-littoral origins (metal objects, beads made of copper mineral and Spondylus, pichcas, pipes, pottery, among others). This study is combined with the results of the fieldwork carried out by our team in the site and the area (characterization, first datings, structure).

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Wealth Finance in the Inka Empire: Evidence from the Calchaqui Valley, Argentina

Timothy Earle (1994)

To finance their empire, the Inka empire mobilized and expropriated both staple and sumptuary goods. This paper examines the manufacture and use of wealth-associated objects in the Calchaquí Valley, located on the empire's southern periphery. Recent excavations at the imperial settlement of Potrero de Payogasta and at the local Santamariana settlement of Valdéz recovered extensive manufacturing debris. Craft industries included copper, silver, and gold metallurgy; marine and land-snail shell-, stone-, and bone-bead manufacture; and mica disk cutting. At Potrero de Payogasta, the concentration of production debris in the households of the Inka elite and associated personnel represents attached specialization. Because evidence for several craft industries occurs together in individual households, related technologies were probably performed jointly. The inhabitants of the indigenous settlement, Valdéz, manufactured decorative items using primarily locally available land-snail shell. At Valdéz, the high frequency of ceramic molds, used in the casting of pure (unalloyed) copper, documents only initial stages of manufacture. The scarcity of finished wealth from both sites is noteworthy; although Calchaqui settlements were heavily involved in manufacture, wealth was expropriated for circulation in the Inka wealth-finance system.