1. Pre-hispanic agricultural dynamics in the Quebrada of Morohuasi (Salta, Argentina)
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Pablo Cruz, Richard Joffre, Thierry Winkel, Bruno Roux, Christian Vitry, UE CISOR CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Universidad Nacional de Salta, Subsecretaría de Patrimonio de la Provincia de Salta, Argentina, and This research was funded by MSH-SUD (Maison des Sciences de l’Homme SUD, France: Project PANARCHI 2017–2018, IRD/CNRS/UCM/UNJU), and ECOS-SUD (Scientific Cooperation Program Argentina/France: Project ARCHIPA 2020–2022).
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Archeology ,southern Andes ,Formative Period ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,[SDV.SA.AEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agriculture, economy and politics ,[SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology ,History of agriculture ,[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society ,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences ,Inka ,Land use changes ,mitmaqkuna ,pre-Hispanic agriculture ,Agricultural landscapes - Abstract
Preprint de l'article publié le 06/12/2022 dans la revue "Ñawpa Pacha - Journal of the Institute of Andean Studies (Berkeley)", URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00776297.2022.2136305; International audience; The Quebrada de Morohuasi (Salta Province, Argentina), located in a semi-arid high-altitude environment, is known to host vast pre-Hispanic cultivation areas. Recent archaeological studies carried out in the agricultural area of Morohuasi allow for a better definition and understanding of the social and productive dynamics that took place there. Field records and AMS dating indicate two main productive phases that were discontinuous in time. These show an initial phase during the Formative Period, between the 1st and 4th centuries CE, during which the agricultural substratum was formed, and a final phase during the first decades of the 15th century CE that was related to the establishment of an agricultural colony under the control of the Inkas. Although the same cultivation plots were utilized during both phases, the mode and relations of production were substantially different, particularly in the second phase with the participation of contingents of mitmaqkunas brought from other regions.; Ubicada en un ambiente semiárido de altura, la Quebrada de Morohuasi (Salta, Argentina) es conocida por albergar vastas áreas de cultivo prehispánicas. Los recientes estudios arqueológicos realizados en el área agrícola de Morohuasi permiten una mejor definición y comprensión de las dinámicas sociales y productivas que allí se dieron. Los registros de campo y las dataciones AMS realizadas indican dos fases productivas principales discontinuas en el tiempo. Una fase inicial durante el Período Formativo, entre los siglos I y IV CE, en la cual se conforma el sustrato agrícola, y una fase final durante las primeras décadas del siglo XV CE, relacionada con el establecimiento de una colonia agrícola bajo control de los inkas. Si durante ambas fases se cultivaron las mismas parcelas, el modo y las relaciones de producción fueron sustancialmente distintas, destacándose particularmente en la segunda la participación de contingentes de mitmaqkunas llevados desde otras regiones.
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- 2022