Human responses to the Ilopango Tierra Blanca Joven eruption

Excavations at San Andrés, El Salvador

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7656683
AutoresAkira Ichikawa (0000-0001-5667-3704, University of Colorado Boulder, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen96
Número386
Páginas372-386
Fecha de publicación2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditorialAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2021.21
OpenAlexW3199469416
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas30

Human responses to catastrophic natural events form an important research theme in archaeology. Using excavation and radiocarbon data, this article investigates the socio-cultural impact of the mid-first-millennium AD Tierra Blanca Joven eruption at San Andrés, El Salvador. The data, along with an architectural energetic analysis of the Campana structure at San Andrés, indicate that survivors and/or re-settlers made considerable efforts to construct monumental buildings immediately following the eruption, using volcanic tephra as construction material. Such re-building played important religious, social and political roles in human responses to the eruption. The study contributes to discussions about human creativity, adaptation and resilience in the face of abrupt environmental change

Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Excavation · Geography · Humanities · Natural (archaeology) · Radiocarbon dating · Tephra · Theme (computing) · Volcano · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Geology · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology