Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous People in the North of Colombia: Back to the Ancestors’ Landscape

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Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous People in the North of Colombia explores indigenous people's struggle for territorial autonomy in an aggressive political environment and the tensions between heritage tourism and Indigenous rights. South American cases where local communities, especially Indigenous groups, are opposed to infrastructure projects, are little known. This book lays out the results of more than a decade of research in which the resettlement of a pre-Columbian village has been documented. It highlights the difficulty of establishing the link between archaeological sites and objects, and Indigenous people due to legal restrictions. From a decolonial framework, the archaeology of Pueblito Chairama (Teykú) is explored, and the village stands as a model to understand the broader picture of the relationship between Indigenous people and political and economic forces in South America. The book will be of interest to researchers in Archaeology, Anthropology, Heritage and Indigenous Studies who wish to understand the particularities of South American repatriation cases and Indigenous archaeology in the region. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright page Dedication Contents List of figures Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1. The Kogui, an endless tradition Some notes about the Kogui and their culture Organization of the visible and non-visible worlds among the Kogui The struggle for persistence The continuity of Kogui culture through education: the case of Namgexa Conclusions 2. The making of an archaeological culture The first archaeological missions in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta The creation of the Tairona–Kogui rupture The management of Tairona's archaeological sites Conclusions 3. Pueblito Chairama: From archaeological park to sacred site After the Conquest: the "vacant lands" of Parque Tairona The heritage process in Pueblito Chairama The reclaiming of Pueblito Chairama (Teykú) Conclusions 4. Linking the divided: Sacred rocks and libations Processes of rupture Linking the divided: experiments on suture The cultural politics of payments Pay to live Conclusions 5. Teykú and the new controversy Towards a reconfiguration of archaeology and heritage management Tourism: the new oil The current context of cultural politics in the SNSM Returning to the land of the ancestors Conclusions Index