Abstract

CORTES, Leticia Inés. NEW RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN CAJÓN VALLEY EXPANDS THE AREA OF FORMATIVE PERIOD OCCUPATIONS (1000 B.C.-1000 A.D., CATAMARCA). Relaciones [online]. 2023, vol.48, n.2, pp.4-4. ISSN 0325-2221.  http://dx.doi.org/10.24215/18521479e087.

This article presents the results of the archaeological work carried out in the localities of Chiñucán, Agua Amarilla, Volcán and El Alto (Dept. of Santa María, Catamarca), in the southern end of the Cajón Valley. These are the first systematic investigations in the area, which included surveys, site planimetry and the partial excavation of a structure at Corral de Goyo site, located in Volcán. A radiocarbon dating of 1766 ± 23 BP indicates that it belongs to the first centuries AD, which is coincident with the ceramic styles recovered during the excavation and present on the surface of the site. The information obtained shows similarities and differences with the neighboring formative villages of Cardonal, Bordo Marcial and Yutopian already extensively studied. As a result, there is now a more complete regional picture of occupations in the southern Cajon Valley during the Formative Period.

Keywords : agrarian landscape ,pre Hispanic villages; Cajón Valley; Formative Period; Northwest Argentina.

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