Farmers and Herders in the High Quebradas of the Valle Calchaquí Medio (Salta, Argentine) between the 11th and Early 17th Century
Author(s): Veronica Williams
Year: 2018
Summary
For Northwestern Argentina (NWA) the period between AD 1000 and 1400 represented a state of political fragmentation, conflict situations, and the emergence of hierarchies materialized in the presence of defensive settlements, iconography, war paraphernalia, and evidence of trauma on human remains. Climatic change that occurred in the Andes starting in the 13th century is one of the main causes of this regional disruption. The archaeological data from the high quebradas (ravines) of the Valle Calchaquí Medio, in the present-day Province of Salta, NWA between the 11th and 17th century, allows us to hypothesize about a continuity in the occupation of this area. This occupation, presented a continuum of social logic and practices from earlier Prehispanic periods linked to subsistence strategies and social reproduction, such as seasonal and altitudinal management by farmers and herders.
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Farmers and Herders in the High Quebradas of the Valle Calchaquí Medio (Salta, Argentine) between the 11th and Early 17th Century. Veronica Williams. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 444189)
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Geographic Keywords
South America: Andes
Spatial Coverage
min long: -82.441; min lat: -56.17 ; max long: -64.863; max lat: 16.636 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 20303