Abstract

CICCIOLI, Patricia L.; RATTO, Norma R.; MOLINA, Delfina Fernandez  and  CASTANEDA, M. Elizabeth. INTERDISCIPLINARY VIEWS ON THE ACTUATING ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL LOCATION OF MISHMA (BOLSÓN DE FIAMBALÁ,DEPARTMENT TINOGASTA, CATAMARCA). Relaciones [online]. 2021, vol.46, n.2, pp.31-40. ISSN 0325-2221.

We present an interdisciplinary study regarding the Mishma archaeological site and its surroundings (bolsón de Fiambalá) whose purpose is to understand late Holocene environmentalchanges. Its objective is to present the main physical landscape shaping agents and to discusstheir impact on the productive populations that inhabited this area and itspreservation over time.Information from field surveys, meteorological data, deposit assessment, satellite cartographyand drone images analyses is articulated. Our analysis determines that during the pre-Hispanicoccupation, environmental conditions were different from the present-day, in which the wind isone of the main landscape-shaping agents. We consider the sixteenth century to be the period ofchange; previously, fluvial action caused an incision of the main channel of the Apocango Riverrelated to changes in the basin base level.

Keywords : geoarcheology; physical landscape; aridity; erosion; archaeological sites.

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