Abstract

ALVAREZ, Marco. Soils, strata, things. Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2021, vol.14, n.2, pp.00-00. ISSN 1852-060X.  http://dx.doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v14.n2.29796.

Abstract The following essay seeks to offer an alternative to interpret the sedimentary record in archeology, where soils, strata and sedimentary successions are conceived as things. Things are a place where various paths intersect and intertwine, they are a knot made up of multiple threads that can be traced beyond the knot itself. In line with this, this interpretive form invites us to reflect that everything that surrounds archaeological materials is not only a class within the sedimentary taxonomy, but that soils and strata are the result of a complex assembly of actors. This heuristic tool provides contextual information from the past, as well as can also be used to identify elements of interest in order to broaden the horizon of archaeological research. After the definition and discussion of a series of terms such as soils, strata, objects and things, we will interpret Cárcava Paso del Hervideros site´s sedimentary sequence as a thing. Finally, an assembly composed of the multiple elements that shape the thing-sequence of the archaeological site is generated and we will expose the strands that will guide future research.

Keywords : Geoarcheology; Things; Uruguay river; Theory; Assemblies.

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