This volume presents a collection of articles which offer different perspectives for archaeological pottery studies, regarding the understanding of pre-Hispanic social practices in Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina. The aim of this volume is to contribute to Quebrada de Humahuaca archaeological knowledge and its inclusion in current discussions about Andean and worldwide history of pottery production. In 2003, Quebrada de Humahuaca was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Numerous tracks, roads and settlements testify to its pre-Hispanic and post pre-Hispanic history from pre-ceramic to colonial times. Due to its strategic position Quebrada de Humahuaca has been colonized by both the Inca and the Spaniards. It also has been a stage for many battles of the Argentine War of Independence.

The richness and abundance of ceramic material evidence in the landscape of the Quebrada de Humahuaca has provided archaeologists information about human behaviour and social practices both inevery and ritual activities. Quebrada de Humahuaca, in the province of Jujuy (the northernmost sector of Argentina) is one of the most widely recognized archaeological zones and one of the most widely studied. Through extensive excavations of the most conspicuous settlements, archaeologists managed to characterize these pre-Hispanic agricultural societies and construct chronologies of northwestern Argentina, and to elaborate models of trans-Andean population dynamics.

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Chapter 1. A Same Way for Doing Pottery. San Francisco Ceramic Fabrics from Tumbaya (Quebrada de Humahuaca) and San Pedro (San Francisco River Basin).- Chapter 2. Reconsidering Isla Ocupattion. Pottery, Chronology and Settlement.- Chapter 3. Consumption of Pottery in Quebrada de La Cueva, Humahuaca, Jujuy.- Chapter 4. Contextual Pottery and Faunal Analysis in the Pre-Inca Site El Pobladito.- Chapter 5. Ceramic Styles from Pucara de Tilcara Settlement during Inca Domination.- Chapter 6. Esquina de Huajra Vessels. A Morphological and Decorative Study of Humahuaca- Inca Pottery.- Chapter 7. Pottery and Chronology. Bayesian Statistics Applied to Central-South Quebrada de Humahuaca Sites.- Chapter 8. Pre-Hispanic Potteries as Instruments of Memory. Public Archaeology and Intercultural Collaboration in Educational Communities of Quebrada de Humahuaca.- Appendix. Esquina de Huajra Pottery Inventory.