Commemorating 400 Years of Community, 1619-2019: Archaeology and Heritage of Slavery and Hacienda in Nasca, Peru

Author(s): Brendan J. M. Weaver

Year: 2020

Summary

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Last year, 2019, marked the quadricentenary of the communities of San José and San Pablo of Nasca’s Ingenio Valley, founded as vineyard haciendas by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1619. For nearly a decade, the Haciendas of Nasca Archaeological Project has carried out ethnohistorical and archaeological research in close collaboration with the communities of the former estates in the valley. The project is the first in Peru focused on slavery and the African diaspora, and has prioritized public engagement with the legacies of slavery and institutional racism in South Coastal Peru. Using the commemoration ceremony of 19 March 2019, St. Joseph’s Feast Day, at the town of San José as a backdrop, this paper considers the archaeology of slavery and hacienda as critical community heritage.

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Commemorating 400 Years of Community, 1619-2019: Archaeology and Heritage of Slavery and Hacienda in Nasca, Peru. Brendan J. M. Weaver. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457239)

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Temporal Keywords
1619-2019

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min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 209