Historical Areas of Misiones as Heritages: Critical Reflections for a Communal Archaeology Proposal

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com (also called reductions) used to work. Although in the triple frontier region formed by the territories of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, thirty Jesuit reductions are identified, in the UNESCO list, particularly in the Argentinean territory are only the ancient reductions of Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto, Santa María la Mayor and San Ignacio Miní. Nevertheless, it is evident that the last one is the most touristic and resourceful place, even exceeding its loading capacity, it leaves the other reductions less visited and with little activities going on. From this perspective and taking into account the historical legacy that the Guaraní-Jesuit missions represent, we expect to discuss and reflect about the relationship between archeological heritages, local communities and their connection as regard patrimonial assets. Since the case of a study based on a historical town called Concepción de la Sierra, where the ancient reduction of Nuestra Señora de Ibitiracua was located, it can be analysed how the local communities appropriate sites and material goods from the past, in order to built “archeological heritages that are altered and modified over the course of time”, avoiding elitist categories of international organisms. Arguing from the case of the study already mentioned and considering the multiples historical towns of Misiones, it is essential to mention that the archeological materiality present on the everyday nature of communities expresses a historical continuity between the indigenous people from the past and the ones at the present. From the archeological sites, spatial reuse and its current historical heritage, the town of Concepcion de la Sierra develops a challenge to the way of creating traditional archeology, as the different temporalities that constitute the present of a town can no longer be left out of the study (Figure 1). Volume 3 Issue 1 2018