Peñas blancas y sus narrativas: La construcción del discurso sobre el patrimonio cultural y la memoria local en Quebrada De Humahuaca (Jujuy, Argentina)

Abstract

Peñas Blancas is a site known as Antigal, Pucara or Pueblo Viejo of Humahuaca, located in the Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy, Argentina). For much of the twentieth century, some discourses about this site have been more recognized than others, but today they are in evident tension. Then, the aim of this paper is to present the different narratives about the site that have circulated since the early twentieth century to the present, in relationship with the diverse bonds that are created between the site and the territory that it belongs to. For this we appeal to the complementation of different types of sources and research results: journalistic notes, previous academic work as well as on-site observations and interviews conducted in the department of Humahuaca.