Caracterización de los bienes culturales patrimoniales del área arqueológica del Monte Puñay, cantón Chunchi, provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

This investigation proposes to: characterize the Patrimonial Cultural Heritage of the archaeological area of Mount Puñay by means of three steps: cataloging of cultural archaeological material, characterizing the cultural material, and determining the cultural styles of the archaeological área. For cataloging the cultural archaeological material, the property registration form stipulating in the instructions for registration and inventory forms, archaeological property of the INPC. For the characterization of the cultural material, an analysis of the ceramics proposed by (Hatch, 1993) was performed. The tables (Munsell, 2012) for color specification and statistics analysis in 2016 Excel software and 2016 AutoCAD software for the determination of styles were used. Ten ceramic styles of the Paccha community were identified, the Leonado cultural style with polished ochre being the most represented (variable A); ten ceramic styles of the Piñancay community were identified, the Leonado cultural style with polished orange being the most represented; ten ceramic styles of Mount Puñay were identified, the smooth engraved gray Leonado cultural style and three ceramic styles of Joyaczhí community were identified, the Leonado cultural style with polished ochre being the most represented (variable B). The main diagnostic fragments were found to be (77%) in Paccha, (44%) in Piñancay, (4%) in Puñay and (38%) in Joyaczhí. The main reconstructed forms were bowls and pitchers in Paccha; bowls and pitchers in Piñancay; bowls and pitchers in Mount Puñay and vessels, bowls and pitchers in Joyaczhí. In conclusion, analysis of form and decorative techniques demonstrate that the archaeological material found in the area represents cultural integration from the Precolumbian period to the Colonial period.

Key words: Patrimonial cultural assets, ceramic catalogization, cultural style, archaeologic material, reconstruction of objects.