Mother Earth: soil and people relationships during the prehispanic period (Northwest Argentina)

Vattuone, María Marta Sampietro; Neder, Liliana del Valle; Roldán, Jimena

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“…4c) (Sampietro y Vattuone 2005), prácticas de almacenaje, prácticas inhumatorias (Fig. 4d, 4e) (Sampietro y Vattuone 2010) y cúlticas (Sampietro Vattuone et al 2008) (Fig. 4e), con persistencia de ocupación de las estructuras residenciales (Cremonte 1988).…”

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Escalas de análisis en geoarqueología: aplicación en un valle del noroeste de Argentina

Vattuone

Monné

2020

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Los estudios geoarqueológicos constituyen un gran aporte frente a otros enfoques para la comprensión de las sociedades humanas del pasado, dada la complejidad que pueden alcanzar en el manejo de múltiples líneas de evidencia. La construcción de un modelo geoarqueológico de una región implica el manejo conjunto de diversas escalas temporales y espaciales, lo cual otorga riqueza a las interpretaciones y una perspectiva coevolutiva de las variables culturales y naturales, muchas veces interpretadas como opuestas y antagónicas. El objetivo de este trabajo, es mostrar, cómo la geoarqueología puede constituir una herramienta de aproximación ágil al conocimiento de las sociedades del pasado, la reconstrucción del paisaje, de los paleoambientes del momento y de la cultura material a través de diversas escalas espacio-temporales de análisis. Estas escalas pueden estructurarse hasta generar un todo integrado y articulado para producir inferencias fiables de procesos que se entrelazan en un continuum espaciotemporal. Para ello se ilustra el proceso con los resultados obtenidos en las últimas décadas de trabajo en el valle de Tafí (Tucumán, Argentina) incluyendo ejemplos de articulación entre la escala regional, escala intermedia y escala de detalle.

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Escalas de análisis en geoarqueología: aplicación en un valle del noroeste de Argentina

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2020

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“…While in industrialised agriculture soils and ecosystems are primarily considered mere resources for production, traditional practices, especially if part of a religious/spiritual world view that demands respect for planet Earth, tend to embrace a more holistic view. One of many examples is the Pachamama cult in South America, which regards Earth as a sanctity that merits adequate treatment and minimal disturbance (Sampietro Vattuone et al, 2009) -in contrast to mere techno-economic standpoints. Analogously, it can be asked whether the high deforestation rates in past decades have a root in the modern treatment of forests as a mere object, in contrast to ancient views of trees as deities or subjects with dignity, which still exist in traditional societies and for example in Japanese Shintoism (White Jr., 1967;Northcott, 2010).…”

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On deeper human dimensions in Earth system analysis and modelling

2018

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Abstract. While humanity is altering planet Earth at unprecedented magnitude and speed, representation of the cultural driving factors and their dynamics in models of the Earth system is limited. In this review and perspectives paper, we argue that more or less distinct environmental value sets can be assigned to religion – a deeply embedded feature of human cultures, here defined as collectively shared belief in something sacred. This assertion renders religious theories, practices and actors suitable for studying cultural facets of anthropogenic Earth system change, especially regarding deeper, non-materialistic motivations that ask about humans' self-understanding in the Anthropocene epoch. We sketch a modelling landscape and outline some research primers, encompassing the following elements: (i) extensions of existing Earth system models by quantitative relationships between religious practices and biophysical processes, building on databases that allow for (mathematical) formalisation of such knowledge; (ii) design of new model types that specifically represent religious morals, actors and activities as part of co-evolutionary human–environment dynamics; and (iii) identification of research questions of humanitarian relevance that are underrepresented in purely economic–technocratic modelling and scenario paradigms. While this analysis is by necessity heuristic and semi-cohesive, we hope that it will act as a stimulus for further interdisciplinary and systematic research on the immaterial dimension of humanity's imprint on the Earth system, both qualitatively and quantitatively.

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“…Human settlements in the valley began about 300 BC. The earliest settlements were occupied by Formative people (Sampietro Vattuone et al, 2008), and their ruins are scattered across the valley (Sampietro Vattuone, 2010) (Figure 2). After 1300 BP, the valley was occupied by people coming from Santa María valley with a disperse pattern (Sampietro‐Vattuone et al, 2019).…”

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Impacts of in‐stream aggregate mining on the distributary channels of the alluvial fans of Tafí valley (Northwest Argentina)

Vattuone

Peña-Monné

Rodríguez

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In-stream mining is a common aggregate mining practice around the world. However, the impacts of such practice are not always taken into account when the mines are established, and the environmental cost of in-stream aggregate mining is generally not assessed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impacts of aggregate mining conducted in La Puerta River (Tafí valley, Northwest Argentina), a dry-pit instream mine, by considering the geomorphological, geoarchaeological, and human effects. Multitemporal analysis of the area using remote sensors (aerial photographs and satellite images 1970-2020), high-resolution drone digital elevation models and orthomosaics (2018)(2019), and an intensive survey demonstrated that the mining area grew exponentially between 2002 and 2020 under unregulated mining. As a result, this practice exerts great environmental impact, including channel section alterations and destabilization of riverbanks, soil loss, river profile changes, and the formation of lag deposits of discarded materials, thus increasing environmental hazard under unpredictable flows. Finally, this is a highly touristic area that has suffered substantial landscape degradation and irreversible archaeological damage.

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Mother Earth: soil and people relationships during the prehispanic period (Northwest Argentina)

Cited by 13 publications

References 19 publications

Escalas de análisis en geoarqueología: aplicación en un valle del noroeste de Argentina

Escalas de análisis en geoarqueología: aplicación en un valle del noroeste de Argentina

On deeper human dimensions in Earth system analysis and modelling

Impacts of in‐stream aggregate mining on the distributary channels of the alluvial fans of Tafí valley (Northwest Argentina)

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