La construcción del conocimiento sobre la cerámica de momentos tempranos del valle de Yocavil: un camino largo y sinuoso

Abstract

The history about pottery research in Northwestern Argentina has been recently organized in a model of four stages, from the beginning of the twentieth century until the present time (Ramundo 2008). The aim of this paper is to prove the applicability of this model, addressing the evolution of pottery research of early societies at the Yocavil Valley. We assert that the stages proposed for the development of pottery research in the northwest of Argentina, when applied to the case of Yocavil, not only consist of consecutive chronological instances but, going beyond the diachrony, they also represent synchronical ways to address ceramic objects.