The Zavaleta collection and its transfer to the Field Museum, Chicago: A social life of objects approach
The archaeological collection of objects and human skeletal remains held at the Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago is part of a complex historical narrative that this article seeks to address. The objects herein studied originate from three provinces of the Argentine Northwest (Salta, Tucumá...
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I28-R145-5001_oai2025-11-17 Gluzman, Geraldine A. 2018-06-01 The archaeological collection of objects and human skeletal remains held at the Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago is part of a complex historical narrative that this article seeks to address. The objects herein studied originate from three provinces of the Argentine Northwest (Salta, Tucumán, and Catamarca). These artifacts were acquired during the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition celebrated at St. Louis (Missouri, United States). They were purchased directly from Manuel Zavaleta, their collector. Here we propose to analyze some of the main social and political conditions that underpinned the collections’ display in St. Louis, culminating in its storage and preservation at the museum in Chicago. We also examine the exchange –in low quantities– of some of these objects with other institutions. Our article is informed by the underlying theme that the scientific field is an area of tension between different social actors, institutions, and activities. This concept will be used to account for the vicissitudes suffered by these pieces since their recovery by Argentina. A social life of things approach will allow us to understand how archaeological objects were the subject of multiple social disputes and of varied perspectives concerning the past, and the future, of not only these objects but also contemporary indigenous groups at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th Century. La colección de objetos arqueológicos y restos óseos humanos depositada en el Field Museum of Natural History de Chicago se inscribe dentro de una compleja trama histórica que este artículo busca explorar. Procedentes de tres provincias del Noroeste argentino (Salta, Tucumán y Catamarca) fueron adquiridos en 1904 durante la Louisiana Purchase Exposition llevada a cabo en Saint Louis (Missouri, Estados Unidos) mediante su compra directa a Manuel B. Zavaleta, su colector. Se propone analizar algunas de las principales condiciones sociales y políticas que permitieron su exposición en Saint Louis hasta su actual resguardo en el museo de Chicago y, en baja cantidad de bienes, posterior intercambio con otras instituciones. Se empleará el concepto de campo científico como espacio de tensiones entre diversos actores, instituciones y actividades para dar cuenta de las vicisitudes sufridas por las piezas desde su recuperación en Argentina. Una aproximación desde la vida social de los objetos permitirá comprender cómo los bienes arqueológicos fueron motivo de múltiples disputas sociales y de diversas lecturas de significación acerca del pasado y del futuro, no solo de las piezas sino también de los grupos indígenas contemporáneos en las postrimerías del siglo XIX e inicios del XX. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/5001 10.34096/arqueologia.t24.n2.5001 spa Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/5001/4515 Arqueología; Vol. 24 No. 2 (2018): May-August; 67-86 Arqueología; Vol. 24 Núm. 2 (2018): mayo-agosto; 67-86 1853-8126 0327-5159 Archaeological collection Zavaleta Argentine Northwest Louisiana Purchase Exposition Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago Colección arqueológica Zavaleta Noroeste argentino Louisiana Purchase Exposition Field Museum of Natural History de Chicago The Zavaleta collection and its transfer to the Field Museum, Chicago: A social life of objects approach La Colección Zavaleta y su traslado al Field Museum de Chicago: una aproximación desde la vida social de los objetos info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=5001_oai |
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The archaeological collection of objects and human skeletal remains held at the Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago is part of a complex historical narrative that this article seeks to address. The objects herein studied originate from three provinces of the Argentine Northwest (Salta, Tucumán, and Catamarca). These artifacts were acquired during the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition celebrated at St. Louis (Missouri, United States). They were purchased directly from Manuel Zavaleta, their collector. Here we propose to analyze some of the main social and political conditions that underpinned the collections’ display in St. Louis, culminating in its storage and preservation at the museum in Chicago. We also examine the exchange –in low quantities– of some of these objects with other institutions. Our article is informed by the underlying theme that the scientific field is an area of tension between different social actors, institutions, and activities. This concept will be used to account for the vicissitudes suffered by these pieces since their recovery by Argentina. A social life of things approach will allow us to understand how archaeological objects were the subject of multiple social disputes and of varied perspectives concerning the past, and the future, of not only these objects but also contemporary indigenous groups at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th Century. |
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The Zavaleta collection and its transfer to the Field Museum, Chicago: A social life of objects approach |
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