La etnoarqueología: un acercamiento a la comprensión del pasado

Abstract

Ethnoarcheology gives archeology the opportunity to analyze in dynamic contexts the use of artifacts, spaces and even the way in which people are organized around different activities, the information obtained allows proposing explanations about archaeological contexts, in which some of objects disappear or are removed. Archeology studies men through the meticulous analysis of material culture, however, many times it falls into the error of overvaluing the pieces, leaving aside the role of the people who create, use and even discard them.

It is because of the above that ethnoarchaeology becomes an analytical resource through which they can make inferences about past dynamics, choosing communities that preserve traditional lifestyles or technologies, turning them into an informative resource that facilitates the researcher's understanding and that at the same time instead makes knowledge accessible to society in general.