At the end of the 19th century and early 20th century, along with the new emerging mining industry, we notice that Chilean literature exhibits a significant presence of domestic and industrial objects. This article explores the role of them in literature to discuss afterwards their exposure as works of art and finally as archaeological remains. In this perspective, we seek to discuss on the role of historical-archaeological materiality and memory structure process through three different forms of time (literary, artistic and archaeological). We propose that their representation is not only a literary and artistic fact, but also a cultural phenomenon that encompasses social, historical and economic contexts of stimulating perspective for the archaeology of the contemporary past. Real or imaginary objects, physical remains or representations, by an archaeological reading we seek to examine their significance and evaluate the outcome that materiality encompasses on the society that describes, transforms, exhibits and preserves them in a period of singular historical significance: that is, capitalist expansion that took place in Chile at the end of the 19th and early 20th century.
Keywords:
Materiality, Literature, Art, Time, Historical Archaeology
Rivera, F., Lorca, R., & Rojas Toro, F. (2016). Fiction materiality and the third time of the historical-archaeological object (XIX-XX Century). Revista Chilena De Antropología, (31). Retrieved from https://revistachilenahumanidades.uchile.cl/index.php/RCA/article/view/40609
