Enfoque tecnológico, cerámica y supervivencia de prácticas precolombinas: el ejemplo cañari (Ecuador)

Abstract

The reference to contemporary potters’ communities as a means to interpret prehispanic ceramic contexts has become frequent in Andean archaeology. This practice raises the questions of the phenomenon of a break or continuity between precolumbian and modern production habits, as well as the topic of the implications of this phenomenon regarding the recent history of the groups under consideration. The identification and interpretation of persistence or break requires an appropriate methodology and I argue here that techné, one of the approaches popular in francophone anthropology, is a promising alternative.

Keywords

• ethnoarchaeology
• Cañaris
• technological approach
• ceramic technology