Hamlets, Houses and Cornfields. Residential and Productive Space Archaeology in the Central Argentina Hills (ca. 1100-300 BP)

  • Sebastián Pastor Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) – Centro de Estudios Históricos «Prof. Carlos S. A. Segreti»
  • Matías Medina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) – Centro de Estudios Históricos «Prof. Carlos S. A. Segreti»
  • Eduardo Berberián Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) – Centro de Estudios Históricos «Prof. Carlos S. A. Segreti»
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_REAA.2013.v43.n1.42297
Keywords: Central Hills of Argentina, Late pre-Hispanic Period, residential sites, semi-sedentary use, agricultural space.

Abstract

This paper presents archaeological information of the Late pre-Hispanic residential sites from Central Hills of Argentina (ca. 1100-300 BP), in order to understand their characteristics, chronological depth and occupational dynamics. The housing, burials and farming articulation as well as subsistence, technological and ritual on site activities are taken into account. A special consideration is given to the domestic crops and wild resources exploitation. Different site occupational histories are observed through occupational intensity, residential stability, abandonments and reoccupation indicators. Social mechanism related to the agricultural landscape spreading and political organization associated to farming and hunting-gathering mixed subsistence strategy are also analyzed.

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Published
2013-05-27
How to Cite
Pastor S., Medina M. y Berberián E. (2013). Hamlets, Houses and Cornfields. Residential and Productive Space Archaeology in the Central Argentina Hills (ca. 1100-300 BP). Revista Española de Antropología Americana, 43(1), 31-55. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_REAA.2013.v43.n1.42297
Issue
Vol. 43 No. 1 (2013): Dossier: Ritual, historia y transformación: los pano
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