The mid to late Holocene transition in Barrancas, Jujuy, Argentina: Regional climate change, local environments and archaeological implications

Pirola, Malena; Bustos, Sabrina; Morales, Marcelo R.; Orgeira, María Julia; Oxman, Brenda; Tchilinguirián, Pablo; Vázquez, Carlos García

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.019

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“…The stratigraphy of PBP was defined in relation to another stratigraphic sequence previously studied in the Barrancas basin with partially compatible chronology (i.e., PCC; Pirola et al, ). The correlation with PCC2, located 4 Km upstream from PBP, was based on the lateral continuity of erosive surfaces and distinctive lithological characteristics of paleosoils.…”

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“…The stratigraphy of PBP was defined in relation to another stratigraphic sequence previously studied in the Barrancas basin with partially compatible chronology (i.e., PCC; Pirola et al, 2018). They are composed primarily of granitic lithics, quartz, and K-feldspar from the granite outcrops located in the Tusaquillas range, which bounds the Barrancas basin to the east.…”

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“…throughout the Holocene. The paleoenvironmental studies conducted so far have focused on the period 12 000–2200 BP (PCC2: 4510 ± 80 and 2180 ± 30; TC1: 11650 ± 62 and 4865 ± 37 BP; Morales, et al ; Oxman, ; Oxman & Hoguin ; Pirola, et al ). Here we present the results of a multiproxy analysis of the Barrancas Pueblo Profile (PBP) that sheds light on the environmental changes that occurred in the Barrancas river basin from 2500 to 1200 BP.…”

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“…Punta Motaite is an open‐air site where 37 circular and square stone structures were identiﬁed; one of its occupations was dated to ca. 1800 BP (Pirola et al ).…”

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“…During the regionally wetter late Holocene, the energy of the Barrancas hydrological system increased, including frequent high flow events caused by torrential rain, but these conditions were punctuated by discrete, recurrent and/or intense regionally dry episodes. Locally, these drier events manifested as episodes of paludization/paleosol formation in Barrancas and other localities of the dry Puna, which took place at 3260, 3000, 2500, 2100, 1490/1460, and 1050 cal BP (Pirola et al, ).…”

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Environmental trends between 2400 and 1200 BP in Barrancas, Argentinean Puna: Impacts on local resource variability and socioeconomic organization

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This paper presents a multiproxy analysis—geomorphology, organic matter, and carbonate content, diatoms, pollen, and magnetic properties of sediments—of the Barrancas Pueblo profile, located in Barrancas, Jujuy, Argentina (S 23°18′08,7; W 66°05′15,2; 3666 m.a.s.l.) to explore local environmental change over the last few millennia. This study is part of a broader investigation of the environmental conditions that facilitated and/or triggered the development of a mixed herding and hunting economic strategy during the late Holocene. The results suggest ongoing local moisture availability for most of the late Holocene; between 2400 and 1500 BP there was a stable, low energy environment that supported a vegetated floodplain, resulting in high availability of pasture and water. However, throughout most of the studied period, there were punctual arid episodes and erosion of the river catchment. High environmental variability post‐3000 cal BP could have put a premium on strategies to reduce the risk associated with resource unpredictability, such as economic specialization and intensification and storage practices designed to control and mitigate resource variability. This process could have ultimately lead to the consolidation of the Andean pastoralist way of life ca. 3000–2500 BP.

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“…The stratigraphy of PBP was defined in relation to another stratigraphic sequence previously studied in the Barrancas basin with partially compatible chronology (i.e., PCC; Pirola et al, 2018). They are composed primarily of granitic lithics, quartz, and K-feldspar from the granite outcrops located in the Tusaquillas range, which bounds the Barrancas basin to the east.…”

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“…Punta Motaite is an open‐air site where 37 circular and square stone structures were identiﬁed; one of its occupations was dated to ca. 1800 BP (Pirola et al ).…”

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Pre-hispanic agricultural dynamics in the Quebrada of Morohuasi (Salta, Argentina)

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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.

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Assessing Prehispanic Herding Strategies through Stable Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Dry Puna of Argentina

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The main goal of this work is to study the camelid herding and management strategies employed by the human groups that occupied the Dry Puna of Argentina during the late Holocene. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope compositions were measured on bone collagen from domesticated South American camelids (llamas: Lama glama) recovered at two archaeological sites (Huirunpure and Chayal Cave). These results were interpreted using an already published data set of δ 13 C and δ 15 N values measured on bone collagen from modern herds of llamas managed in a traditional way. Our results showed that even though the archaeological sites of Huirunpure and Chayal Cave are located within different settingsat 4020 and 3700 masl respectivelyand present different chronologies -0-650 and 1300-1500 CE respectivelythe llamas from both sites exhibit similar δ 13 C and δ 15 N values. This pattern was explained considering the characteristics of the vegetation communities that grow in the vicinity of both sites as well as the paleoenvironmental records of the Andean highlands. In sum, this work presents and discusses some preliminary results on the study of prehispanic herding practices in the Dry Puna of Argentina during the first 1500 years of the Common Era through stable isotope analysis.

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The mid to late Holocene transition in Barrancas, Jujuy, Argentina: Regional climate change, local environments and archaeological implications

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Environmental trends between 2400 and 1200 BP in Barrancas, Argentinean Puna: Impacts on local resource variability and socioeconomic organization

Environmental trends between 2400 and 1200 BP in Barrancas, Argentinean Puna: Impacts on local resource variability and socioeconomic organization

Pre-hispanic agricultural dynamics in the Quebrada of Morohuasi (Salta, Argentina)

Assessing Prehispanic Herding Strategies through Stable Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Dry Puna of Argentina

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