Las mujeres cautivas hispano criollas en la frontera pampeano patagónica y río Cuarto en el período 1736-1879

Desde los tiempos de la conquista en el Río de la Plata, la mujer blanca ha sido prenda de interés para las culturas indígenas. La primera crónica “La Argentina manuscrita”, de Ruy Díaz de Guzmán en el siglo XVII, estaba protagonizada por la cautiva española Lucía Miranda, tomada por la fuerza como esposa por el cacique thimbu Siripo. El despecho del cacique frente al rechazo de Lucía, desencadenó la destrucción del fuerte de Sancti Spiritu.1 En 1798, José de Lavardén pondrá el drama en escena teatral en “Siripo”, nuestra primera obra de teatro nacional.2 El drama de Lucía Miranda, de endeble fundamento histórico, persistió como mito, constituyéndose la cautiva, en un símbolo nacional.

Bronze and iron weapons from Luristan

The 30,000 km2 province of Luristan is situated in western Iran and encompasses the upper valleys of the Zagros Mountains. Even today, local tribesmen inhabit Luristan with their settlement patterns similar to ancient times. Several scientific excavations in the Luristan region have uncovered evidence that this particular region was a major attraction for human settlements from the Paleolithic era onwards. In Ancient Iran, the existence of rich mines together with discoveries made by innovative and inventive artisans spurred the growth of the metalworking culture as an art and a skill among early human communities in Ancient Iran. The art of Luristan can be described as the art of nomadic herdsmen and horsemen with an emphasis on the crafting of small, easily portable objects, among these a number of bronze daggers, swords and other weapons. Throughout its history, Luristan was never an ethnic or political entity because Luristan has been occupied by various tribes and races, throughout its history. Next to Elamites, other tribes who inhabited Luristan were the Hurrians, Lullubians, Kutians, and Kassites. As local tribesmen of Luristan were illiterate, information about their history can only be partially reconstructed from the literature of their southern neighbors: the Elamites and Babylonians. Luristan smiths made weapons for both civilizations. The region was later invaded by Assyrians and finally the Iranians settled the area and absorbed the local tribes. Following an accidental find by the local inhabitants in Luristan in 1928 CE, a number of unlawful diggings reveal a number of metal objects made of bronze and iron that showed a high level of craftsmanship. These objects were offered for sale on the art market with fancy names to hide their origin. The subsequent scientific excavations several decades after the initial discovery provided fascinating information about the culture of Luristan. The metalworking art of Luristan spans a time period from the third millennium BC to the Iron Age. The artifacts from Luristan seem to possess many unique and distinctive qualities, and are especially noteworthy for the apparently endless, intricate diversity and detail that they characteristically depict. The bronze artifacts found in or attributed to Luristan can be each be classed under five separate heads: a) arms and armor, including swords, dirks, daggers, axes, mace heads, spearheads, shields, quiver plaques, protective bronze girdles, helmets; b) implements related to horsemanship, including decorative or ornamental objects for horses as well as bits and snaffles; c) items for personal adornment and hygiene, including anklets, bangles, bracelets, finger rings, earrings and tweezers; d) ceremonial and ritual objects, including talismans, idols, pins, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines; and e) utilitarian objects comprising various vessels and tools, including beakers, bowls and jugs. The scope of this article is limited to a discussion of the bronze and iron weapons made in Luristan. The techniques used for making bronze weapons in Luristan included: casting with open molds, casting with close molds, and casting with lost wax process. For metal sheets used for quiver plaques and bronze protective belts, the hammering technique was used. Edged weapons made in Luristan can be classified into: a) daggers, dirks, and swords with tangs; b) daggers, dirks, and swords with flanges; and c) daggers, dirks, and swords with cast-on hilts. Next to bronze, iron was also used for making weapons such as the characteristic weapon from this area, the iron mask sword.

Letras, 1981, nº 1 (número completo)

Contenido: Editorial – Encuentro en el idioma / Ángel J. Battistessa – Dos interpretaciones de Quevedo / Arturo Berenguer Carisomo – El milagro del ladrón devoto, de Gonzalo de Berceo y su relación con la fuente latina: “De fure suspenso quem beata virgo liberavit” / Adriana Cecilia Cid – Humanidades clásicas / Vicente Cichitti – El sentido trascendente de la Vida Retirada de Fray Luis de León / Celina Sabor de Cortazar – La búsqueda de la luz en “Sombra del Paraíso” de Vicente Aleixandre / Teresa Iris Giovacchini – Catulo: una presencia en el gongorismo / Raúl Daniel Lavalle – Poesía y música en Cernuda y Bécquer / Luis Martínez Cuitiño – Actualización y actualidad de la literatura caballeresca / Lilia E. F. de Orduna – El arte plástico frente a los nuevos esquemas de la ciencia / Blanca Pastor – Jorge Manrique en la crítica española contemporánea / Erwin Félix Rubens – El desengaño del mundo en las Coplas de Manrique / Lía Noemí Uriarte Rebaudi – Reseñas bibliográficas

Un ejercicio de estimación del IPC GBA para 2007

Resumen: La comparación del IPC Gran Buenos Aires con el ICP Mendoza se puede llevar a cabo gracias a que esta última presenta una serie extensa. En principio, se arma la estimación de cada índice para analizar las series de IPCGBA e IPCMZA y evaluar la existencia de una semejanza en el comportamiento de ambas que habilite una estimación de aquélla en función de ésta; en segundo lugar, se pretende mostrar el cambio que se produce en el comportamiento de la primera desde enero de 2007. A partir de la información revisada se deduce que ha de ser posible estimar el IPCGBA como función del IPCMZA. Se llevan a cabo estimaciones mensuales y trimestrales donde se incorporan variables binarias para mostrar el cambio estructural. El trabajo muestra que las series del índice de precios al consumidor de los aglomerados Gran Buenos Aires y Gran Mendoza presentan una correlación importante, luego de la comparación de cada modelo planteado.

Reescrituras del cancionero popular en la poesía de Blas de Otero

Integran este número de la revista ponencias presentadas en Studia Hispanica Medievalia VIII : Actas de las X Jornadas Internacionales de Literatura Española Medieval, 2011, y de Homenaje al Quinto Centenario del Cancionero General de Hernando del Castillo.