Assessing the industrial past in the highlands of northern Chile

@article{Rivera2020AssessingTI,
  title={Assessing the industrial past in the highlands of northern Chile},
  author={Francisco Rivera and Paula Fuentes Gonz{\'a}lez and Rodrigo Lorca and Wilfredo Faundes},
  journal={Journal of Community Archaeology \& Heritage},
  year={2020},
  volume={8},
  pages={26 - 42}
}
ABSTRACT The Alto Cielo Archaeological Project is an interdisciplinary research project carried out between 2015 and 2019 in Ollagüe, an indigenous community located in the highlands of northern Chile. In this article, we explore the community members’ perceptions towards the recent past, assessing the temporality of industrial sites associated with sulphur mining in Ollagüe during the twentieth century. This article presents a preliminary collaborative approach based on consultation and… 
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