The MBA-LBA I period in the Kourion region : new evidences from Erimi- Laonin tou Porakou (Lemesos, Cyprus)

The evidence from Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou within the Kouris valley settlement system can offer further new data to outline a picture of the development trends from MBA to LBA I periods in the Kourion region. As to this area, such a “transitional” phase could be particularly relevant to better understand the development process of the mature LBA II–III urban centers (in Alassa as well as the most recent discovered in Erimi-Pitharka). In 2008–2009 a focus investigation (an intensive survey, geoperspections and excavations) within the Kouris Valley Project has been addressed to the site of Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou, which lies on one of the highest hilltops facing southward the Kouris dam. The excavations evidenced a double circuit wall which surrounds the top mound and the lower terrace. The top mound (Area A) has been widely occupied by a complex workshop, directly linked with a storage area. The natural limestone bedrock has been worked out to arrange a system of carved deep basins connected each other by a series of flow channels. Southward from the workshop, a large storage area has been cleared, with a relevant assemblage of big pithoi and storage devices. The first lower terrace area (Area B) has been possibly occupied by a domestic quarter; a cemetery area (Area E) has been also evidenced outside the external circuit wall, where a series of five rock-cut tombs (Tombs 228– 232) with single chamber and small incoming dromoi has been excavated.

Vigencia y sentido de las prácticas musicales tradicionales en la actualidad : el caso de la baguala y la vidalita andina en San Blas de Los Sauces, Provincia de La Rioja

Resumen: El propósito de este artículo es reflexionar críticamente desde una perspectiva intercultural acerca de la vigencia y el sentido de los géneros musicales tradicionales en la actualidad en la provincia de La Rioja. Centramos el estudio en los géneros más antiguos: la ‘baguala’ y la ‘vidalita andina’, en la localidad de San Blas de los Sauces. Para ello, analizamos los cambios y permanencias en las estructuras de ambas y el desarrollo de la dimensión discursiva, tomando como referencia principal la tesis doctoral de Isabel Aretz (1978). Los géneros son abordados como fenómenos estéticos situados en un contexto histórico y social. En dicho marco, se analizan sus modos de producción y recepción a partir de observaciones de corte etnográfico, así como de entrevistas a músicos, vidaleros, vecinos, funcionarios del Estado y referentes culturales.