Development of Argentine Archaeology
North American scholars have had available for some time a very rich source on the development of studies in Northwest Argentina by Rex Gonzales (1976), specifically written for American Antiquity at the request of the then editor Dr. Patty Jo Watson. Gonzales was...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
1995-05-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/374 |
| Summary: | North American scholars have had available for some time a
very rich source on the development of studies in Northwest Argentina by Rex Gonzales
(1976), specifically written for American Antiquity at the request of the then editor
Dr. Patty Jo Watson. Gonzales was influenced by the seminal work of Willey and Sabloff
as well as Willey and Phillips. Because of this ready source I find
myself not going back to the original literature base in Argentina. However, there are
some good historical analyses of the discipline, published in Argentina, which ought not
be over looked. Prof. Dolores Carolina Elkin of Buenos Aires has recently reminded me
of a book of significant importance, the 320 page review of Jorge Fernandez. Fernandez
covers many fronts; he starts with a review of the major periods as he defines them in
Argentina, then looks at the contributions and histories of the major institutions
conducting research in the country. the impact of international congresses and foreign
investigators, and finishes his text with a review of the patterns of development of
regional archaeological paradigms. This discussion takes up 180 pages; the remaining 140
pages are a very nice bibliography of Argentine archaeology. |
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| ISSN: | 1062-4740 2047-6930 |