Agustina Scaro

Archaeologist
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Since 2010 I have been conducting research in Quebrada de Humahuaca (North of Argentina, South-Central Andes), focusing on pre-Hispanic landscapes from a comprehensive perspective, incorporating materiality studies (pottery and architecture). My objective has been to understand local pre-Inca societies and the impact of Inca domination on them. Pottery analysis has been one of the main lines, considering stylistic, morpho- metric and technological studies. With this aim, I work in a network of colleagues from different disciplines and archaeological areas in the Andes, encouraging the development and incorporation of photogrammetry, 3D reconstructions, and Data Bases to our practice. I have been working with the aboriginal community on reconstructing the local past, heritage management, and revaluing traditional and indigenous knowledge.

Research Experience

Assistant Researcher

National Scientific and Technological Research Council (CONICET) | 2019 - Present

Current Project: “Landscapes and Materialities in Tumbaya (Quebrada de Humahuaca). Pottery and Architecture in the construction of late pre-Hispanic landscapes (11th-16th centuries).

Posdoctoral Fellow

National Scientific and Technological Research Council (CONICET) | 2017 - 2019

Usos y significados de la alfarería en los paisajes prehispánicos tardíos de la Quebrada de Humahuaca (Dpto.Tumbaya, Jujuy. Siglos XI-XVI)”. (Uses and meanings of pottery in the late pre-Hispanic landscapes of Quebrada de Humahuaca).

Doctoral Fellow

National Scientific and Technological Research Council (CONICET) | 2010 - 2016

Arqueología de Tumbaya. Paisajes sociales en un sector de la Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy) durante la etapa agroalfarera. (Archaeology of Tumbaya. Social landscapes in a sector of Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy) in the last 2000 years).

Teaching Experience

PhD Seminar Professor

University of Buenos Aires | 2021

Perspectivas y tecnologías digitales actuales para el análisis y reconstrucción de imágenes arqueológicas (Perspectives and digital technologies for the analysis and reconstruction of archaeological images). RESCD-2021-2787-E-UBA-DCT#FFYL.

Assistant Professor

National University of Jujuy | 2015 - Present

Archaeological Methodology and Theory.

Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Publications

Here are my most recent publications. Please see My ORCID for more publications.

Scaro, Agustina. The dynamics of the Raya-Raya farming site in the occupational history of one sector of Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy, Argentina).

In Press on Andean Past

2021 Hernández Llosas, M.I., J.B.Leoni, Agustina Scaro, A.Hernández, G.Fabron, P.Hesse, L.A.Bosio, R.A.Quinteros & M.P.Castro. Agricultura y ritual en el paisaje humano de 1000 AP de las nacientes de la Quebrada de Humahuaca: Sitio Casas Grandes (Jujuy, Argentina). (Agriculture and ritual in the 1000 BP human landscape of the Quebrada de Humahuaca headwaters: Casas Grandes site (Jujuy, Argentina))

Anuario de Arqueología 13:41-64

https://doi.org/10.35305/aa.v13i13.79

2020 Scaro, Agustina. Paisajes en un sector de la Quebrada de Humahuaca durante la Etapa Agroalfarera. Arqueología de Tumbaya (Jujuy, Argentina) (Landscapes in a sector of the Quebrada de Humahuaca during the Agroalfarera Stage. Archaeology of Tumbaya, Jujuy, Argentina).

Archaeopress

ISBN 978-1-78969-489-5. http://archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/download.asp?id={C22F73FF-47C0-482E-B886-5A74BEBB7638}