Palo Blanco

A village in Late and Inka landscapes in Hualfín Valley (Catamarca, Argentina)

Bibliographic Data

ID3919355
AuthorsFederico Wynveldt (0000-0002-7843-3039, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author), Marina Cecilia Flores (Universidad Nacional de La Plata), María Emilia Iucci (0000-0002-5727-2256, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Gabriela Soledad Lorenzo (0000-0002-3946-9362, Agencia Nacional de Promoción de la Investigación, el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación)
Year2016
Volume48
Issue3
Pages332-348
Publication date2016-05-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2016.1188721
OpenAlexW2460066747
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

In this article we analyze archaeological data from Palo Blanco, located in the center of the Hualfín Valley (Dept. of Belén, Catamarca, Argentina) to discuss how a relational concept of landscape provides significant tools to reconstruct links between a local village and different landscapes configured during Late and Inka times (c. 1400–1500 ad). Also, we present how this approach allows us to develop an alternative scheme to change interpretations of the past in the region. Based on the analysis of spatial, social and temporal dimensions, we analyze archaeological evidence focusing on placement, building, flow of bodies, spatial perception, relationships between people and material culture, and chronology. Finally, we consider Palo Blanco as a typical local defensive village during late pre-Inka times, which probably changed its role during Inka conquest

Ancient history · Archaeology · Chronology · CONQUEST · Geography · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History

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