Evaluación patrimonial de la colección arqueológica de la familia Barragán Medina, cantón Riobamba.

Abstract

The objetive of this research was to carry out a patrimonial evaluation of the archaeological collection of the Barragán Medina family, Riobamba canton. For this purpose, an inventory of the archaeological collection and the characterization of each piece were prepared. The inventory of the archaeological collection was carried out using the registration and inventory form for archaeological objects stipulated in the “Instructions for the registration and inventory form for archaeological properties” proposed by the National Institute of Cultural Heritage (INPC), indicating identification data, location data, data on the property associated with its morphological description, technical description, general condition of the property, custody regime, legal condition of the property, record of the movement of the property, provenance of the property, additional photographs, related information, bibliography, observations, and control data. In addition, for the morphological analysis of the archaeological properties, the typologies for the distinct parts of the vessels presented by Echeverría (2011) were used. In the results, 100 archaeological ceramic objects were inventoried, the majority of which are bowls and correspond to the Puruhá culture (81%), Cañari culture (10%), Inca culture (8%), and Panzaleo culture (1%). It was determined that 100% are modeled with one or more decorative techniques. As for surface finishes, most of them are smoothed and polished. Finally, regarding the state of conservation, 100% are in good condition, and 97% are complete. It is concluded that patrimonial evaluation is a fundamental tool for conserving the collection under study. It is recommended to consider this study for evaluating other archaeological colections to protect the national culture heritage.