Of terraces and threads: a textile interpretation approach to Andean agricultural landscapes
In this article, I approach landscape archaeology from a hermeneutic perspective, discussing the applicability of the palimpsest concept to interpret Andean agricultural landscapes. In its place, I propose an interpretative perspective based on a textile analogy by which the landscape can be underst...
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Instituto de Arqueología y Museo, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
2021
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| Online Access: | http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/10019 http://publicaciones.csnat.unt.edu.ar/index.php/mundodeantes/article/view/24 |
| Summary: | In this article, I approach landscape archaeology from a hermeneutic perspective, discussing the applicability of the palimpsest concept to interpret Andean agricultural landscapes. In its place, I propose an interpretative perspective based on a textile analogy by which the landscape can be understood in terms of a weaving of activities, on the one hand, and a network of logicsand narratives through time, on the other. I develop this concept by applying it to a specific case-study: the multicomponent agropastoralist site of Huayatayoc Alto, located in Cusi Cusi (Puna de Jujuy, Argentina). En este artículo, desde una perspectiva hermenéutica de la Arqueología del Paisaje, discuto la aplicabilidad del concepto de palimpsesto para interpretar los paisajes agrícolas andinos. Propongo, en cambio, una perspectiva basada en una analogía textil mediante la cual el paisaje pueda interpretarse en términos de un tejido de actividades, por un lado, y un entramado delógicas y narrativas en el tiempo, por el otro. Desarrollo el concepto a través de su aplicación en un caso de estudio concreto: el sitio agropastoril multicomponente Huayatayoc Alto, localizado en Cusi Cusi (Puna de Jujuy, Argentina). |
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