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In Colombia there are few references related to the study on the production, circulation and consumption of Colonial wares and even scarcer are those that refer to industrial pottery. As such we are interested in opening the path for retrospective and interdisciplinary research on some aspects of the historical context in which these activities were immersed. The objective of this paper is to understand the purported effects that a factory for fine pottery established in Bogotá in the 19th century should have in this environment. A new socioeconomic order and the ending of traditions rooted in the Colonial regime were expected, based on the ideals of progress divulged by English industrialists. With this in mind the production technology, including its work regulation strategies and the pottery decorative styles, as a way of influencing daily consumption practices, will be discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Generally, faunal remains in prehistorical and historical archeological contexts have been interpreted as a direct reflex of economic activities related to subsistence and diet. However, although this information is important, taken only as this disregards the huge potential that the study of cultural patterns associated to the selection, distribution, acquisition and consumption of fauna offers in relation to other aspects of everyday life and to the social and cultural transformation processes in general. In this paper and under this perspective the results from faunal samples corresponding to the second half of the 19th century when Quinta Bolivar was occupied are presented. Some of the inherent problems when interpreting social and economical differences and ethnic groups based on faunal remains are discussed in particular. Likewise, the importance of accompanying this type of analysis with documentary information relative to, among other aspects, the marketing, distribution, supply and value of meat cuts for the epoch is stressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to present an interpretive proposal for one of the most common archaeological phenomenon in the Valley of Popayán, i.e., glazed ware, and thereby demonstrate that the disciplinary studies focused on the Colonial and Republican periods may be more useful than the simple corroboration of events told in history texts. In this sense, the mentioned work is more than a substantive production of the so-called historical archaeology and it is specifically circumscribed as a proposal within the framework of material culture studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]