Pariendo como indias: el don de las indígenas en la salud de las mujeres ecuatorianas

Desde 2005 en unas pocas “unidades operativas” (hospitales, centros y subcentros) del Ministerio de Salud Pública del Ecuador –MSP-, y desde el 2008 en muchas más se aplica una “estrategia intercultural” de atención del parto, que incluye la posición vertical, el acompañamiento de una partera o familiar, el consumo de alimentos y bebidas durante la labor de parto, la entrega y conservación de la placenta, entre otras. Son cambios importantes en la atención obstétrica, al menos en el discurso, ya que solo se concretan cuando el personal ha sido formado y está motivado a adaptar los protocolos de atención universal a las necesidades particulares de las poblaciones indígenas y afro-descendientes.

Sailing through stone. Carved ships and the rockface at Revheim, southwest Norway

The relationship between rock art and the material qualities of the rock surface on which it is executed is investigated. The case study of Revheim, Rogaland, Southwest Norway, is the starting-point for a discussion on the way in which the contours of the rock, quartz outcrops and the flow of water across the rock surface affect the placement of images on the rock. It is argued that a fuller examination of the interrelationship between rock and rock art provides a more coherent interpretation of rock art images.

Croft Moraig and the chronology of stone circles

The Perthshire stone circle of Croft Moraig was excavated 40 years ago and is usually taken to illustrate the classic sequence at such monuments in Britain. A timber setting, accompanied by a shallow ditch, was replaced by two successive stone settings. The pottery associated with the earliest construction was dated to the Neolithic period. A new analysis of the excavated material suggests that, in fact, the ceramics are Middle or Late Bronze Age. They provide a terminus post quem for at least one of the stone settings on the site. Further study of the evidence suggests an alternative sequence of construction at Croft Moraig, involving a change in the axis of the monument. It seems possible that other stone and timber circles were equally late in date and that their period of use in Britain and Ireland may have been longer than is generally supposed.