The Modern Recontextualization of Recuay Stone Sculptures: Process and Consequences
Author(s): Alexia Moretti
Year: 2021
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Current Dynamics of Heritage Values in the Americas" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Stone sculptures played a crucial role in socio-religious practices of the Recuay people between AD 100 and 700 in the north-central Peruvian highlands. Associated with ceremonial, funerary, and residential spaces, Recuay sculptures were objects of cult and veneration. Today, most of the surviving sculptures persist in the inhabitants’ lives of this mountainous region. Relocated, reused, and sometimes replicated, how do these sculptures integrate into the current social landscape, and what are the consequences of this modern recontextualization? By questioning the Recuay sculptures’ case, this presentation leads us to reflect on how the relationships between people and their cultural heritage can positively and negatively impact heritage.
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The Modern Recontextualization of Recuay Stone Sculptures: Process and Consequences. Alexia Moretti. Presented at The 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2021 ( tDAR id: 467249)
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Geographic Keywords
South America: Andes
Spatial Coverage
min long: -82.441; min lat: -56.17 ; max long: -64.863; max lat: 16.636 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 32361