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Historical Archaeology in the "Cuatro Pircas" Site on the Northern Coast of King George Island
Entry ID: 026-82_02

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Summary

Abstract: A superficial collection of materials, archaeological excavation and a map of
the stone structure of the historic camp named "Cuatro Pircas" ("Four
Structures") was performed. The glass, metallic, ceramic, leather and seal
skin remains, showed that these settlements corresponded to a seal hunter camp,
probably from North America, dating back to the beginning of 1820.

Geographic Coverage

N: -62.03

S: -62.03

E: -58.15

W: -58.15

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Stehberg R. and A. Cabeza
Dataset Title: Comienzos de la arqueologia historica antartica en el sitio "Cuatro Pircas"
Dataset Series Name: Revista Chilena de Antropologia
Dataset Release Date: 1987
Issue Identification: 6

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1983-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS > KING GEORGE ISLAND
CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >INFRASTRUCTURE    [Definition]

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >POPULATION    [Definition]

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >SOCIAL BEHAVIOR    [Definition]

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >HUMAN SETTLEMENTS >ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS    [Definition]

ISO Topic Category

SOCIETY
TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES/COMMUNICATIONS

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Keywords

Archeology

Archaeology

Historical Antarctic Archaeology

Cuatro Pircas

Archaeological excavation

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Centro Nacional de Datos Antarticos, Instituto Antartico Chileno, Chile [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.inach.cl/

Data Center Personnel

Name: RICARDO JANA
Phone: ++56 /61/ 298135
Fax: ++56 /61/ 298149
Email: rjana at inach.cl
Contact Address:
Plaza Munoz Gamero 1055
XII Region
City: Punta Arenas
Country: Chile

Personnel

PATRICIA VICUNA
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 56-61-298100
Fax: 56-61-298149
Email: pvicuna at inach.cl
Contact Address:
Plaza Munoz Gamero 1055
City: Punta Arenas
Country: Chile

RUBEN STEHBERG
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 2263571
Email: rstehberg at mnhn.cl
Contact Address:
Loreley 801
La Reina
City: Santiago
Country: Chile

Publications/References

Stehberg R. y A. Cabeza. 1987.Comienzos de la arqueologia historica antartica
en el sitio "Cuatro Pircas". Revista Chilena de Antropologia 6:83-111.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-01-25

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-10-15

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