BENIAN ARCHEOLOGY A CENTURY FROM THE NORDENSKIÖLD RESEARCHES
Abstract
Archeology of Eastern Bolivia or “Low lands” comprises a large territory that derived shows, significant time and spatial discontinuities. The identification of societies in this area constituting “Jefaturas de la Floresta Tropical”, from criteria based on preconceptions requires the reassessment of regional prehistory from the causal point of view. Benian archeology (Llanos de Mojos) is fundamentally known, from the Erland Nordenskiöld excavations, who undoubtedly sets the conceptual bases existing up to date. Between the years 1977 and 1981 a Mission of Museo de La Plata (Argentina),
under the direction of B. Dougherty together with the Instituto Nacional de Arqueología of La Paz (Bolivia) and the Amazonian Ecosystem Research (EEUU), carried out systemic researches considering several anthropologic items and producing numerous radiocarbon datings. Such contribution helped to clarify, but not to simplify, the regional pre-Hispanic outlook, very important in the South American archeological thematic. An exhaustive bibliographic list that facilitates the access to the knowledge of that large area complements the presentation.
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