The Indigenous Weaving in the Southern Patagonia, Argentina. Analysis of the Reasons for its Adoption by the Aónik’enk and Posing of a New Explanatory Proposal
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Argentinean Patagonia, Aónik’enk, weaving, materialistic explanations, symbolic perspective.
Abstract
First, we analyze the assumptions of the current hypotheses on the reasons why Aónik’enk (Southern Argentinean Patagonia) took the weaving. Following these assumptions are compared with historical empirical data. This allows to conclude that they cannot be extended to all Aónik’enk groups. In search of alternative hypotheses, a study of textiles made and used by these groups using historical data, ethnographic and archaeological is performed. From these results we propose the adoption of a symbolic perspective to overcome the material determinism of the current hypotheses and make satisfactory explanations about it.Downloads
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2012-09-21
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Méndez P. M. (2012). The Indigenous Weaving in the Southern Patagonia, Argentina. Analysis of the Reasons for its Adoption by the Aónik’enk and Posing of a New Explanatory Proposal. Revista Española de Antropología Americana, 42(2), 467-488. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_REAA.2012.v42.n2.40114
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