In Chile, the modernization process, which led to the expansion of capitalism and industrialization at the beginning of the twentieth century, had profound economic and social repercussions. However, the material culture associated with modern mining industries and their influence on indigenous societies suffers from a lack of archaeological studies. This dissertation focuses on twentieth century sulphur mining in the Quechua indigenous community of Ollagüe, located in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile. From the end of the nineteenth century, after the Chilean war against Peru and Bolivia (1879-1883), the region began a long process of capitalist expansion linked to various extractive mining activities. The mining camps, as new cente...
Mining cycles have had an enormous impact in the evolution of the localisation of economic activity,...
Durante el siglo XX, la explotación de sal en el oasis de San Pedro de Atacama formó parte del ciclo...
The Tarapaca Valley, like that of other rios which traverse the Peruva -Chilean desert, opens on to ...
Au Chili, le processus de modernisation qui, au début du XXe siècle, s'est traduit par l'expansion d...
L’histoire récente du Chili est liée à l’exploitation minière. Dans les régions du nord du pays, l’e...
Located at the Bolivian border in the Antofagasta region, Ollague saw the emergence of industrialisa...
My dissertation examines how technologies are developed to either sustain or resist the process of m...
With the political and social state of Chile’s history, mining has been present for hundreds of year...
French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Effets des grandes exploitations minières sur les ...
La thèse a pour objet de décrire, caractériser et analyser le nouveau scénario développé à Tocopilla...
Throughout the Andes, there were similar technological and socio-environmental transformations and t...
This dissertation is a historical ethnography of a mining region in central Peru, as well as an atte...
This paper presents an analysis of archaeological materials found at the mining sites Minas Paramill...
International audienceFor the last two decades, conflicts created by mining and their use of water h...
International audienceFor the last two decades, conflicts created by mining and their use of water h...
Mining cycles have had an enormous impact in the evolution of the localisation of economic activity,...
Durante el siglo XX, la explotación de sal en el oasis de San Pedro de Atacama formó parte del ciclo...
The Tarapaca Valley, like that of other rios which traverse the Peruva -Chilean desert, opens on to ...
Au Chili, le processus de modernisation qui, au début du XXe siècle, s'est traduit par l'expansion d...
L’histoire récente du Chili est liée à l’exploitation minière. Dans les régions du nord du pays, l’e...
Located at the Bolivian border in the Antofagasta region, Ollague saw the emergence of industrialisa...
My dissertation examines how technologies are developed to either sustain or resist the process of m...
With the political and social state of Chile’s history, mining has been present for hundreds of year...
French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Effets des grandes exploitations minières sur les ...
La thèse a pour objet de décrire, caractériser et analyser le nouveau scénario développé à Tocopilla...
Throughout the Andes, there were similar technological and socio-environmental transformations and t...
This dissertation is a historical ethnography of a mining region in central Peru, as well as an atte...
This paper presents an analysis of archaeological materials found at the mining sites Minas Paramill...
International audienceFor the last two decades, conflicts created by mining and their use of water h...
International audienceFor the last two decades, conflicts created by mining and their use of water h...
Mining cycles have had an enormous impact in the evolution of the localisation of economic activity,...
Durante el siglo XX, la explotación de sal en el oasis de San Pedro de Atacama formó parte del ciclo...
The Tarapaca Valley, like that of other rios which traverse the Peruva -Chilean desert, opens on to ...