Learning to be Domestic? The Earliest Houses in the Eastern Slopes of the South-central Andes (Anfama, Argentina)

JULIÁN SALAZAR; FRANCISCO FRANCO; JUAN M. MONTEGÚ; ROCÍO M. MOLAR

Berkeley, California

Congreso; IAS 61st Annual Meeting; 2021

Institute of Andean Studies

Around 200 BC to 100 AD durable residential structures were constructed for the first time in Anfama (Tucumán, Argentina), a humid valley of the scarcely analized eastern slopes of the south-central Andes. The emergence of built environments implied the development of a new social universe within which people, houses, plants, animals, wankas, artifacts, and regional exchange networks were articulated. This process has traditionally been known as the regional formative period. We present a case study discussing the diverse relations between mobility strategies, built environment and human-material interactions. Upon multiple analysis in three dated residential compounds we discuss the archaeological expectations of precedent narratives.