Caldén: pulpería y posta de caminos en el norte de La Pampa (fines del siglo XIX). Una primera aproximación

Abstract

Part of the aims of the research project UBACyT F 095 is to study and understand the settlement of the north of La Pampa Province after the military campaigns of the late 19th century. Here we present the first approach to the archaeological site Posta El Caldén. This site is in Realicó's district (section I, fraction A, lot 24). This is a ?pulpería? occupied during the late 19th century. The site comprises a series of postas located between the cities of Victorica and General Villegas (Buenos Aires Province). In this work we will present the results of the surveys and excavations carried out since 2009. These tasks have as general aims the study of the social practices of these new groups through material remains, written sources and oral history. This analysis allowed us to observe that the materials found at the site belong to a "casa de negocio" that operated between the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. This topic has not yet been developed in historical archaeology in Argentina so we believe that this work can provide relevant information to better understand the settlement processes in this region.