Historia

This paper approaches the impact that postmodernist philosophy has had on contemporary Latin American archeological thought. We expose the question of the practice and commitment of social sciences, particularly archeology, in the quest for
objective scientific knowledge. We consider this a necessary epistemological question given the impact of postmodern tendencies associated with the end of time or history (Fukuyama, 1995) and with the denial of the existence of an objective reality, which by means of their metaphysics sidestep commitment
with knowledge and, consequently, with the socioeconomic and sociopolitical development of the human being. This way, we seek to provoke a reflection between postmodernity and reality in the political-academic context of archeology, particularly of the Andean one; and also to directly relate the past with the
present by means of techniques that record and analyze without severing the scientist’s ties to her/his broad social environment, an environment that entails in its praxis a commitment with the object of knowledge: societies.

By 2011, it will have been a
century since Hiram Bingham “discovered”
Machu Picchu. It is the most significant site
when it comes to establishing the Peruvian
national identity; hence, repatriation has
been important for the nation’s image.
The arguments supporting repatriation are
economical and political strategies which
pursue the appropriation of the site as a
cultural heritage. In this paper, we will focus
on state politics which identifies this matter
as an act of postcolonial reparation.

This is a reflexive paper about the practice of indigenous archaeologists from South America, more specific from Peru. The author starts from his own practice and experiences in order to propose a way to do an andean archaeology from a engagement political perspective.

En este estudio se realiza el análisis de la arquitectura residencial de las élites en el sitio de Keushu, durante el Horizonte Medio hacia inicios del Intermedio Tardío, a partir de una edificación de tipo "kancha" en el sitio, sus relaciones con el entorno paisajístico y las estrategias de apropiación del pasado y la memoria colectiva para la legitimización del estatus y las relaciones de poder en esta sociedad.

EN este trabajo se ubican las investigaciones arqueológicas y etnológicas de Luis Vlacárcel jóven y regional, dentro de su contexto socioeconómico, político e ideológico y su proyecto científico relacionado con la construcción del la prehistoria de la zona de Puno y Cusco hasta 1930, año en que emigra definitivamente a Lima.

This paper lays the ground for a functional typology of the indigenous architecture in the northern and central sierra of Peru that focuses on the relationship between socially constituted spaces and the physical traits of buildings. Its point of departure are the field surveys, site mapping and archaeological excavations conducted in the Callejón de Huaylas and the Conchucos region between 1996 and 2008 by the Conchucos  Archaeological Exploration Project, the Paurarku Archaeological Research Project and the Wanduy Archaeological Research Project. Our aim is to offer a common language for discussions on the domestic, mortuary, ceremonial and productive nature of architectural types that will broaden approaches to use and function towards more inclusive approaches that include the social dynamics that encouraged construction, use and abandonment of individual structures. The proposed typology thus aims to focus upon complex social processes of
long-term continuity and change, as well as the power relationships materialized in the landscape and architecture, beginning with the descriptions.

Entrevista periodística realizada al arqueólogo Santiago Rivas Panduro, de la Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura de Loreto, Iquitos (Perú) con ocasión del reporte arqueológico donde se refiere del descubrimiento de la "cultura Paranapura", una sociedad del Arcaico en Yurimaguas, Loreto.

Artículo periodístico donde se entrevista al Dr. Henry Tantalean, con ocasión de la publicación de su libro "Una historai del a arqueología en el Perú", publicado por el Instituto de Estudios Peruanos y la Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Lima.