The hands and the clay: The Bahareque house

Authors

  • Julián Eduardo Castañeda Pérez University of Antioquia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.boan.20392

Keywords:

Sucre, bahareque house, archeology, pottery, clay.

Abstract

This essay explores the potential narrative of archeology in an urban context in the department of Sucre in northern Colombia, based on the excavation of an Indian burial ground with the participation of the community in the municipality of Los Palmitos, which expressed interest in learning about ancient past, is used the analogy between modern bahareque houses and indigenous pottery of a funerary context, building bridges between the present and the past, showing the clay as raw material and pottery as an action in which the hands are determinant in decoration and shape of houses and pottery.

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Author Biography

Julián Eduardo Castañeda Pérez, University of Antioquia

Department of Anthropology, undergraduate student

Published

2014-08-19

How to Cite

Castañeda Pérez, J. E. (2014). The hands and the clay: The Bahareque house. Boletín De Antropología, 29(47), 201–211. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.boan.20392

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Ensayo visual