J. L. Mazz, Carlos Marín Suárez, Juan Martín Dabezies Damboriarena, Carlos Tejerizo García
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Abstract
espanolEn Uruguay existen comunidades de personas descendientes de esclavos africanos (siglos XVIII y XIX) que presentan condiciones sociales y economicas estructuralmente desfavorables. Ademas de la pobreza y la discriminacion, estas comunidades han sido excluidas de los relatos sobre el proceso de construccion nacional. Se ignora el rol que estas comunidades han tenido en el desarrollo historico, territorial y de la matriz productiva rural. Este trabajo se centra en visibilizar el rol de la mano de obra esclava en los primeros desarrollos ganaderos del pais. Se localizo, identifico y contextualizo arqueologicamente el mayor latifundio colonial de la frontera este entre Uruguay y Brasil. Se pudieron identificar y registrar “cascos de estancias”, cementerios y diferentes estructuras en piedra (corrales, cercos, mangueras, etc.) asi como diferentes indicios del trabajo de los esclavos. La reconstruccion arqueologica de la esclavitud resulto ademas un camino apropiado para actualizar la historia local y reposicionar a los esclavos en la memoria de sus descendientes. EnglishIn Uruguay, there are communities of African slaves’ descendants (18th and 19th centuries) that present unfavorable structural social and economic conditions. In addition to poverty and discrimination, these communities have been excluded from the narratives of the nation-building process. However, they have played a fundamental role in the historical development of the national rural productive matrix. Within the livestock development, the role that the slaves have played is not part of the official historical narrative. This work focuses on making visible the role of the slave workforce in the first livestock developments in the country. The largest colonial farm of the southern border between Uruguay and Brazil was located, identified, and archaeologically contextualized. We identified and registered “historical farms”, cemeteries, and different structures in stone (corrals, fences, pens, etc.), as well as different places were the slaves worked. The archaeological reconstruction of slavery was an appropriate way to update local history, repositioning the slaves in the memory of their descendants.