Abstract

GIANOTTI, Camila. Procedures for prehistoric mobility analysis among mound builders through geospatial technologies. Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2014, vol.7, n.2, pp.00-00. ISSN 1852-060X.

Abstract In this paper we present preliminary results of the project Landscapes in Movement (Paisajes en Movimiento ANII FCE 2-2011-1-5679). This project approaches prehistoric human movement and mobility among mound builders in the lowlands of the Northeast of Uruguay. Based on the archaeological evidence, we carry out research on the logics, processes, and practices related to human movement and mobility, focusing into the specific role that the activities of social construction of monumental landscape played. The research strategy is framed within Landscape Archaeology and follows the general guidelines of sociology of movement. Within this framework we intend to investigate the interrelation between specific human practices (like movement and mobility), their spatial structure and geographical aspects through the application of GIS technologies. The analytic routines applied allow us to establish and model general patterns of movement in the ecological context of the lowlands and to discuss their continuity, ruptures and survival in the long term.

Keywords : Landscape; Human movement; Mounds; Lowlands; GIS.

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