Browsing by Author "Adan, Leonor"

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    HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN REY DON FELIPE (PORT FAMINE): 50 YEARS AFTER ORTIZ-TRONCOSO
    (2023) Urbina, Simon; Adan, Leonor; Sierralta, Simon; Cortes, Constanza; Prieto, Alfredo; Gonzalez, Soledad; Calas, Elisa; Labarca, Rafael; Massone, Mauricio; Naranjo, Natalia; De la Calle, Felipe; Roman, Alvaro
    This article presents new archaeological research at Rey Don Felipe (Port Famine), thus continuing the pioneering works by Omar Ortiz-Troncoso half a century ago. We first summarize the historical and archaeological knowledge about the colonial settlement, and then the new excavation carried out between 2019-2022 are described. Finally, we discuss the main results of the chronological, faunal and lithic studies as well as other significant cultural findings. Different interpretations regarding the relevance of the settlement, cultural materials and different occupations identified are evaluated. Progress is made regarding four principal occupational the potential of new analyzes and the emergence of novel perspectives to study colonial processes from an archaeological point of view.
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    Valdivia: Intercultural Relations along the Southern Frontier of the Spanish Empire in America during the Colonial Period (1552-1820)
    (2021) Adan, Leonor; Urbina, Simon; Munita, Doina; Mera, Rodrigo; Godoy, Marcelo; Alvarado, Margarita
    This article presents a synthesis of regional archaeological investigations in the city and region of Valdivia during the colonial period (1550-1820). Previous studies have traditionally been centered on Hispanic mindsets and the role of conflict, the frontier status of colonial society in southern Chile, and the dispersed character of indigenous settlement. Here local sequences of material culture are reconsidered together with previous conceptual frameworks proposed by historical and anthropological research. Our research is based on new field surveys, the study of standing buildings, and assemblages of finds. These have been linked to different types of sites, including urban centers, fortifications, and mission posts. The results allow us to investigate the intercultural character of local society, settlement patterns, and the role of Valdivia in the context of the Chilean viceroyalty and the Spanish Empire as a whole. Conclusions reveal the specific colonial processes that characterized the region and the sequence of founding, abandonment, and refounding of the urban center of Valdivia, which, in turn, impacted patterns of indigenous settlement and provoked technological hybridization in local ceramic industries. These changes can be linked to the emergence of an intercultural society, the definition of which proves more complex than that accepted by current binary categories.