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When the Revolution Reached the Countryside: Use and Destruction of Imported Wares in Alta Gracia, Córdoba, 1810.
- Source :
- International Journal of Historical Archaeology; Sep2005, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p195-207, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- During the 1970s, excavations were conducted in Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina, in a compound that once was a seventeenth and eighteenth-century Jesuit Convent and is presently a museum. During the excavation, an amazing amount of historic material never studied before was discovered inside a sealed privy. After studying the material, we were able to identify the objects as once belonging to Santiago de Liniers, a man who successfully resisted and expelled British invaders from Buenos Aires. As a result, he was appointed Viceroy, though eventually he was shot in 1810 for confronting the Independence movement. Our hypothesis is that these objects were thrown into the privy as a gesture of contempt associated with his capture and execution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10927697
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Historical Archaeology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20133043