Entre incas y machulas: prácticas y narrativas sobre lo prehispánico en contextos agrícolas, arqueológicos y de búsqueda de “tesoros” en Urco (Calca- Cusco)
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2024-08-09
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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La presente investigación explora las tensiones y formas de colaboración que
emergen de las prácticas y formas de relación que establecen pobladores de Urco
(Calca, Cusco) y agentes vinculados a la arqueología con distintos tipos de
materialidades prehispánicas. Para ello, analiza y compara los conjuntos de prácticas
-y los presupuestos ontológicos implícitos en las mismas- que median las relaciones
de los pobladores de Urco y los miembros de un equipo arqueológico con sitios,
objetos y restos humanos prehispánicos del lugar en contextos agrícolas, de
búsquedas de “tapados” y de intervención arqueológica. A partir de un trabajo de
campo llevado a cabo con una metodología cualitativa y empleando técnicas de
investigación como la observación participante, entrevistas y conversaciones
informales, la autora explora la multiplicidad ontológica de materialidades
prehispánicas. De acuerdo a los distintos contextos y las prácticas en las que estén
involucrados, los restos prehispánicos pueden emerger como objetos pasivos sujetos
a intervención de expertos o como ambiguos seres agentivos capaces de intervenir
en el desarrollo de los acontecimientos de acuerdo a su voluntad. Siendo un tema
con muchas aristas por atender, la presente tesis aporta un estudio de caso sobre las
formas en las que una población andina en particular se vincula con lo prehispánico -
con especial atención a los seres no-humanos asociados- en distintos contextos y
cómo se reconfiguran las relaciones, narrativas y prácticas al implementarse un
proyecto arqueológico en el lugar.
This research explores the tensions and forms of collaboration that emerge from the practices and forms of relationship established by the inhabitants of Urco (Calca, Cusco) and agents linked to archaeology with different types of prehispanic materialities. To this end, it analyzes and compares the sets of practices -and the ontological assumptions implicit in them- that mediate the relationships of the inhabitants of Urco and the members of an archaeological team with sites, objects and prehispanic human remains of the place, in agricultural contexts, searches for "tapados" and archaeological intervention. From a fieldwork carried out with a qualitative methodology and using research techniques such as participant observation, interviews and informal conversations, the author explores the ontological multiplicity of pre-hispanic materialities. According to the different contexts and practices in which they are involved, prehispanic remains can emerge as passive objects subject to expert intervention or as ambiguous agentive beings capable of intervening in the development of events according to their will. Being a topic with many edges to be addressed, this thesis provides a case study on the ways in which a particular Andean population is linked to the prehispanic -with special attention to the associated non-human beings- in different contexts and how relationships, narratives and practices are reconfigured when an archaeological project is implemented at the site.
This research explores the tensions and forms of collaboration that emerge from the practices and forms of relationship established by the inhabitants of Urco (Calca, Cusco) and agents linked to archaeology with different types of prehispanic materialities. To this end, it analyzes and compares the sets of practices -and the ontological assumptions implicit in them- that mediate the relationships of the inhabitants of Urco and the members of an archaeological team with sites, objects and prehispanic human remains of the place, in agricultural contexts, searches for "tapados" and archaeological intervention. From a fieldwork carried out with a qualitative methodology and using research techniques such as participant observation, interviews and informal conversations, the author explores the ontological multiplicity of pre-hispanic materialities. According to the different contexts and practices in which they are involved, prehispanic remains can emerge as passive objects subject to expert intervention or as ambiguous agentive beings capable of intervening in the development of events according to their will. Being a topic with many edges to be addressed, this thesis provides a case study on the ways in which a particular Andean population is linked to the prehispanic -with special attention to the associated non-human beings- in different contexts and how relationships, narratives and practices are reconfigured when an archaeological project is implemented at the site.
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Excavaciones (Arqueología)--Perú--Urco (Cuzco : Distrito)--Época prehispánica, Incas--Historia, Cosmología indígena--Perú--Urco (Cuzco : Distrito), Agricultura--Investigaciones--Aspectos antropológicos--Perú--Urco (Cuzco : Distrito), Urco (Cuzco : Distrito)--Restos arqueológicos
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