INVESTIGADORES
NEME Gustavo Adolfo
artículos
Título:
Reviewing humanenvironment interactions in arid regions of southern South America during the past 3000 years
Autor/es:
M. MORALES, R. BARBERENA, J. BELARDI, L. BORRERO, V. CORTEGOSO, V. DURÁN, A. GUERCI, R. GOÑI, A. GIL, G. NEME, H. YACOBACCIO Y M. ZARATE
Revista:
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Lugar: New York; Año: 2009 vol. 281 p. 283 - 295
ISSN:
0031-0182
Resumen:
Interactions between human societies and the environment that they inhabit have been a controversial topic
in archaeology for at least the past fifty years. Currently, modern theoretical approaches take this subject as a
key issue in their research agenda. This paper presents a review of the main outcomes of several
archaeological and multidisciplinary South American projects related to this theme. The case-studies
discussed here are all located within arid settings, and can be grouped into three broad geographic areas:
Puna (or Altiplano) of northwestern Argentina, Cuyo (west-central Argentina), and southern Patagonia.
These regions cover a wide latitudinal range extending from 22° to 52° S. They were selected for comparison
due to environmental similarities, and a common record of past climate impacts mainly related to the
Medieval Climatic Anomaly (MCA) and the Little Ice Age (LIA). Although the impacts of these climatic
changes were locally heterogeneous in their intensity and the quality of the available information is
regionally variable, they provide a base-line for comparison and supra-regional integration.
The integration of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental data on this broad supra-regional spatial scale
allows us to identify interesting historical trajectories associated with particular time periods. As an example,
there are some spatial rearrangements of large populations during the MCA, in the three areas. Additionally,
there are variable patterns in the changes associated with the different social contexts that impose specific
demographic and economic constraints. Finally, this study sets the basis for new questions and provides a
guide to the methodological and theoretical issues that we need to address in order to answer them
demographic and economic constraints. Finally, this study sets the basis for new questions and provides a
guide to the methodological and theoretical issues that we need to address in order to answer them
key issue in their research agenda. This paper presents a review of the main outcomes of several
archaeological and multidisciplinary South American projects related to this theme. The case-studies
discussed here are all located within arid settings, and can be grouped into three broad geographic areas:
Puna (or Altiplano) of northwestern Argentina, Cuyo (west-central Argentina), and southern Patagonia.
These regions cover a wide latitudinal range extending from 22° to 52° S. They were selected for comparison
due to environmental similarities, and a common record of past climate impacts mainly related to the
Medieval Climatic Anomaly (MCA) and the Little Ice Age (LIA). Although the impacts of these climatic
changes were locally heterogeneous in their intensity and the quality of the available information is
regionally variable, they provide a base-line for comparison and supra-regional integration.
The integration of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental data on this broad supra-regional spatial scale
allows us to identify interesting historical trajectories associated with particular time periods. As an example,
there are some spatial rearrangements of large populations during the MCA, in the three areas. Additionally,
there are variable patterns in the changes associated with the different social contexts that impose specific
demographic and economic constraints. Finally, this study sets the basis for new questions and provides a
guide to the methodological and theoretical issues that we need to address in order to answer them
demographic and economic constraints. Finally, this study sets the basis for new questions and provides a
guide to the methodological and theoretical issues that we need to address in order to answer them
fifty years. Currently, modern theoretical approaches take this subject as a
key issue in their research agenda. This paper presents a review of the main outcomes of several
archaeological and multidisciplinary South American projects related to this theme. The case-studies
discussed here are all located within arid settings, and can be grouped into three broad geographic areas:
Puna (or Altiplano) of northwestern Argentina, Cuyo (west-central Argentina), and southern Patagonia.
These regions cover a wide latitudinal range extending from 22° to 52° S. They were selected for comparison
due to environmental similarities, and a common record of past climate impacts mainly related to the
Medieval Climatic Anomaly (MCA) and the Little Ice Age (LIA). Although the impacts of these climatic
changes were locally heterogeneous in their intensity and the quality of the available information is
regionally variable, they provide a base-line for comparison and supra-regional integration.
The integration of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental data on this broad supra-regional spatial scale
allows us to identify interesting historical trajectories associated with particular time periods. As an example,
there are some spatial rearrangements of large populations during the MCA, in the three areas. Additionally,
there are variable patterns in the changes associated with the different social contexts that impose specific
demographic and economic constraints. Finally, this study sets the basis for new questions and provides a
guide to the methodological and theoretical issues that we need to address in order to answer them
demographic and economic constraints. Finally, this study sets the basis for new questions and provides a
guide to the methodological and theoretical issues that we need to address in order to answer them
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demographic and economic constraints. Finally, this study sets the basis for new questions and provides a
guide to the methodological and theoretical issues that we need to address in order to answer them