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Severo’s Severity and Antolín’s Paradox
Alejandro Haber
After twenty years conducting archaeological research on the Atacama plateau of Northwestern Argentina, in the Antofalla territory of the south-central Andes (where I also live and teach), I wanted to undertake a test excavation near the recently modified stone fence of an agricultural plot. I asked Severo Reales, the owner of the plot, for permission, though I had already acquired legal authorization from the state anthropology bureaucratic agency. Severo said he had no problem at all and…
e-flux Journal
Posted: July 1, 2012
Category
Land & territory
Subjects
Archeology, Animism