Environment Transformation and Landscape Domestication in the Lowlands of Northeast of Uruguay. Earthworks as Technology for the Management of Flood Ecosystems

Gianotti, Camila

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“…In the Pago Lindo site (department of Tacuarembó), lagoons and canals recorded within mound sites functioned contemporaneously with the use and construction of mounds between 3000 and 1000 years BP [50,86]. These features are also present in other mound sites in the valley of the Caraguatá River [87]. The use and management of these lagoons would have made a reservoir available inside the village for various uses such as the irrigation of crops or even to use as a trap for the breeding of fish at certain times of the year.…”

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From Mounds to Villages: The Social Construction of the Landscape during the Middle and Late Holocene in the India Muerta Lowlands, Uruguay

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This paper presents new data on the spatial organization of mound-builder groups in the India Muerta wetlands, Uruguay. This area presents the beginning of land architecture in the region (ca. 4800–5000 years BP), associated with more arid climate. This construction tradition continues and intensifies, mainly from ca 3000 years BP, from the establishment of warmer and damper conditions. New sources of information and geospatial technologies have made it possible to locate mound sites with greater precision, as well as to analyze settlement patterns. Indigenous communities occupied areas of hills, plains and wetlands, showing differences but also regularities in spatial organization in each area. In the whole area, earthen mound complexes form groups of different orders, from regional to domestic units, configured by mounds, negative structures and limited spaces. The location of the mounds is primarily in dry areas, known locally as islands, which are prominent in the landscape during floods in this wetland-dominated environment. Through this analysis of the landscape, this work delves into the underlying logic of the social construction of the territory. The results achieved in this paper are consistent with previous research suggesting planned occupation associated with villages integrated within broader regional systems.

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From Mounds to Villages: The Social Construction of the Landscape during the Middle and Late Holocene in the India Muerta Lowlands, Uruguay

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“…Absorbance spectra Second derivative 1500-500 cm −1 700-500 cm −1 1500-500 cm −1 700-500 cm Earthen mounds with very low amounts of bone remains are common in the Uruguayan lowlands (e.g., Pago Lindo, Lemos PR14D01, Rubio, Cañada de los Caponcitos) (Cabrera & Marozzi, 2001;Gianotti, 2005;Gianotti et al, 2013;Villagran & Gianotti, 2013), and could be the result of mound technologies where coarse-sized domestic residues (e.g., bones, charcoal) are not used as prime material for mound building. Mounds could result from the preparation of special deposits for horticulture (e.g., elevated gardens), with high porosity and granular textures produced after reworking of surface A horizons, rich in organic matter (Gianotti, 2015(Gianotti, , 2021. Another possibility could be related to the construction of mounds for specific activities using local soils, whose surfaces were regularly cleaned out of organic waste.…”

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Absence of bones in archaeological sites from the southeast of Uruguay: Taphonomy or human behavior?

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The rework of daily refuse, including large quantities of faunal remains, is a common explanation for earthen mound construction in the Uruguayan lowlands, which started about 5000 years ago. While some earthen mounds contain human and animal bones in high abundance, several others contain only a few fragments.Thousands of years later (17th to 18th centuries), stone structures known as cairns were used in the same region and are believed to have served as the burial ground for local chiefs. However, no bone remains were ever found during excavations. The acidity of local soils has been the common explanation for the low frequency and/or complete absence of bone remains in earthen mounds and cairns. To investigate the | © 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC Scientific editing by Carolina Mallol

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Technology and Use of Lithic Raw Materials from the Delta of the Paraná River and the Interior of the Province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. Preliminary Results of the Application of Micro-wear Analysis

Leipus

2024

The Latin American Studies Book Series

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Environment Transformation and Landscape Domestication in the Lowlands of Northeast of Uruguay. Earthworks as Technology for the Management of Flood Ecosystems

Cited by 4 publications

References 52 publications

From Mounds to Villages: The Social Construction of the Landscape during the Middle and Late Holocene in the India Muerta Lowlands, Uruguay

From Mounds to Villages: The Social Construction of the Landscape during the Middle and Late Holocene in the India Muerta Lowlands, Uruguay

Absence of bones in archaeological sites from the southeast of Uruguay: Taphonomy or human behavior?

Technology and Use of Lithic Raw Materials from the Delta of the Paraná River and the Interior of the Province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. Preliminary Results of the Application of Micro-wear Analysis

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