Archaeological research in the Casucha El Juncalillo (CEJ) - El Juncalillo House. Results of the first interventions at the site and preliminary analysis of historical ceramics (Río Blanco-International Pathway, Los Andes, Chile)
This article presents the preliminary results of the morphological and functional analysis of the historical ceramic record, in particular refined earthenware and glazed ceramics, recovered in the archaeological interventions (systematic surface survey and excavation) of the El Juncalillo site durin...
Guardado en:
| Autores principales: | , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Artículo publishedVersion |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| Publicado: |
Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2025
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/14266 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=14266_oai |
| Aporte de: |
| Sumario: | This article presents the preliminary results of the morphological and functional analysis of the historical ceramic record, in particular refined earthenware and glazed ceramics, recovered in the archaeological interventions (systematic surface survey and excavation) of the El Juncalillo site during 2017. The information obtained, together with research work on historical and historiographic documentary information, allowed us to study its occupation. It also allowed us to advance in the explanation of the formation processes of a site characterized by a wide surface archaeological distribution and low stratigraphic power. The chronological interval of the occupation covers from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century. The ceramics analyzed would correspond to domestic vessels, related to feeding and playing activities, in coherence with the functionality attributed to the house (mountain refuge). A regional origin of glazed ceramics is postulated, possibly related to the production of the workshops in Mendoza during the Colonial and Republican periods. The refined earthenware has variable decorative patterns and European origin. An English and Dutch origin of some pieces has been verified from the attributes of decorations and trademarks. The analysis corroborated both the widespread occupation of the property between the end of the eighteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, as well as the recurrent use of the site. The presence of ceramics that possess different technologies and chronologies confirms the importance of this mountain refuge system, regarding transit along the international route, beyond the late Colonial period |
|---|