Courses by Emiliano Gallaga
All around the world mirrors were made on metal, except here in Mesoamerica where technology was ... more All around the world mirrors were made on metal, except here in Mesoamerica where technology was based on stone. In this course we will discover what types of mirrors were made by mesoamerican artisans, and how they make beautiful objects from obsidian, pyrite or hematite. Also, illustrated that mesoamerican mirrors were not only stetic use objects, but portals to other dimensions, a means to talk to the gods and ancestors, and a valuable item for vital ceremonies. In addition, by the use of experimental archaeology we will show you how a pyrite stone mirror (we think) was made and why they are one of the most impressive objets ever made by mesoamerican artisans and why mirrors were only an elite item. 3 video lessons162 views
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Aquí se describe brevemente y de manera muy amena, el descubrimiento de los restos químicos de ch... more Aquí se describe brevemente y de manera muy amena, el descubrimiento de los restos químicos de chile más antiguos hasta el día de hoy registrados en un contexto arqueológico en México. Este descubrimiento se realizo en el sitio de Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, en el 2012 cuando se realizaron análisis químicos de 12 vasijas cerámicas buscando restos de cacao, el cual no se encontró, pero si dio positivo restos de chile en 5 de ellas. Este hallazgo fue relevante ya que extendió el uso comprobado de chile en las cocinas prehispánicas por lo menos desde 400 años AC. 6 views
Papers by Emiliano Gallaga
Los chiles que le dan sabor al mundo, 2018
Presentation of the chimichal results on early presence of Chile (capsicum) on preclassic pots fr... more Presentation of the chimichal results on early presence of Chile (capsicum) on preclassic pots from the site of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas.
Arqueología Mexicana, 2018
La antiguedad y el hallazgo de la cabeza de guacamaya momificada no solo arrojaran luz sobre su t... more La antiguedad y el hallazgo de la cabeza de guacamaya momificada no solo arrojaran luz sobre su temprana presencia en la region, sino tambien sobre el proceso de adaptacion de la agricultura y lo que podria significar para estas comunidades tempranas
Manufactured Light: Mirrors in the Mesoamerican Realm, 2016
The Kiva
Despite the impressive amount of archaeological research conducted in Sonora in the last few deca... more Despite the impressive amount of archaeological research conducted in Sonora in the last few decades, some areas remain little researched. The Middle Rio Yaqui region is one such area. Traditionally, this region has been identified as part of the Río Sonora archaeological tradition that embraces the sierra region from near the international border south to northern Sinaloa. No archaeological research has been conducted in the middle of this region to verify this interpretative assumption, however. This essay presents basic data from the Onavas Valley Archaeological Project (OVAP), which was conducted in the Middle Río Yaqui Valley in the summer of 2004 to obtain an initial understanding of an archaeologically poorly researched area and to examine the area's possible role in interactions with neighboring archaeological areas. The data illustrate that the Onavas Valley population appears to have been more related to the Huatabampo archaeological tradition than to the Río Sonora ar...
Estudios de Cultura Maya, 2014
CLIO – Arqueológica, 2020
Prehistoric rock art is often analyzed predominantly as the product of artists intentions to crea... more Prehistoric rock art is often analyzed predominantly as the product of artists intentions to create public representations of their perceptual experiences and mental imagery. However, this representation-centered approach tends to overlook the performative role of much material engagement. Many forms of rock art are better conceived of as traces from artists repeated engagement with a surface, including with previous traces. For these artists, a potentially more relevant intention was ritualized interaction, such as communion and petition, which were realized as materially mediated transactions with the agencies that were believed to animate specific areas of the environment. If so, we can expect the motifs to be strongly clustered on ritually attractive areas, rather than to be evenly distributed on canvas-like surfaces that would maximize their visibility as public representations. Here we propose a novel way of testing the interaction-centered approach in terms of preferential at...
Heritage
Tourism activity in general, with the heritage tourism sector in particular, represented the seco... more Tourism activity in general, with the heritage tourism sector in particular, represented the second inflow of foreign currency to Mexico in 2019 (pre-pandemic), with more than USD 24 million. According to local polls, the main purpose of travel is leisure. However, more than half of tourists (local and foreigner) who visit Mexico enjoy/visit an archaeological site, a museum, and/or a local community. The latter illustrates that the heritage tourism sector is a vital axis within the national and local economy, as well as to promote its research, conservation, and diffusion. Researchers claim that it can also be an important component for the cultural revitalization of communities. However, how well does a community benefit from the tourist activity of any particular heritage/archaeological site? Can they feel any connection with it if only a handful of community members benefit from it? Using the Cancun example, we will talk about the concept of “heritage tourism”, not only for its e...
Archaeology in the Southwest is increasingly directing its attention south of the international b... more Archaeology in the Southwest is increasingly directing its attention south of the international border as it becomes clear that a picture of the pre-hispanic Southwest is incomplete without taking the Mexican Northwest into account."Surveying the Archaeology of Northwest Mexico "presents an overview of recent work in Sonora and Chihuahua, comprising a sort of professional tour of the area. The chapters offer fresh insights into the formation of centers such as Paquime, Cerro de Trincheras, and the Rio Sonora cabaceras. Contributors explore relations between these centers, individual internal organization of the various identifiable polities, and the relation of the whole northwest Mexican region to better-known adjacent ones. The volume underscores that northwest Mexico was not a dependent hinterland but was inhabited by many independent groups throughout prehistory."
Clio Arqueológia, 2020
RESUMEN En el Valle de Ónavas, Sonora, México, en la zona media del río Yaqui, se encontraron var... more RESUMEN En el Valle de Ónavas, Sonora, México, en la zona media del río Yaqui, se encontraron varias piezas de verde claro a un material de color verde o azul intenso visualmente identificado turquesa durante un trabajo de campo realizado allí en 2004. Se suponía que la fuente de este material provenía del suroeste americano, aunque hay que reconocer que existen ciertas fuentes de turquesa en Sonora, que pueden haber sido explotadas también en la época prehispánica. En este texto se presentan nuevos estudios sobre la turquesa identificada, las posibles fuentes de las piezas de color turquesa del Valle de Ónavas y las posibles implicaciones de gran alcance de estos resultados.
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temprana presencia en la región, sino también sobre el proceso de adaptación de la agricultura y lo
que podría significar para estas comunidades tempranas.
“Traditional” archaeological contexts do not always provide the material information necessary to establish explanations about human behavior. In these cases, archaeologists often look to other disciplines to help solve the puzzles of the past. It is in this framework that the interdisciplinary fields of historical and industrial archaeology emerge. In Mexico in particular, the impressive pre-Hispanic past had overshadowed the research of other periods in the country’s past, such as historic and industrial times. Although there are fewer researchers in these areas, the results of this research are important to overall regional narratives. This edited volume seeks to show how historical archaeological activity is carried out, firstly with five papers from Mexico, followed by a second section with four other investigations carried out in Argentina, Brazil, Peru and El Salvador.
la Universidad de Oklahoma, proveyeron la oportunidad de crear un registro fotográfico y elaborar un catálogo visual del material recolectado por Ekholm a fínales de los años 1940´s y Pailes en 1970. Este trabajo no muestra todo el material colectado por Ekholm; solo se expone una porción seleccionada ya que como mencionamos anteriormente el objetivo original del catálogo era centrarse en el material de la porción media del Río Yaqui y áreas aledañas donde realicé mi proyecto doctoral.
region, the area is critical to understanding regional development and interaction. The present publication is the result of the Onavas Valley Archaeological Project (OVAP) as part of my dissertation research at the University of Arizona.
tenido que luchar por su identidad desde tiempos prehispánicos. En buena medida, esto se debe a una especie de vacío material y, por ende, de otro vacío en cuanto al registro material de su complejidad de pensamiento y de su imaginario colectivo referido. En consecuencia, la región del norte de México ha dependido de la visión e interpretación de las comunidades que sí desarrollaron esos registros materiales; es decir,
desde Mesoamérica. Por ello, se propone un cambio de chip
que modifique esta visión unilateral por una bilateral y compleja.
de los restos mortuorios localizados al interior del sitio Cueva de Avendaño, Chihuahua en 2016, los cuales apuntan a que se trató de
un complejo contexto funerario que, por sus características,
guarda múltiples semejanzas con algunos ritos mortuorios
practicados por grupos indígenas contemporáneos en el noroeste
de México. La diversidad de los entierros nos hablan de varios aspectos, como el cuidado y preocupación de proveer un destino final a un infante, hasta el de un posible evento de brujería o rituales ceremoniales.