Abstract

OLISZEWSKI, Nurit. THE VILLAGES “TAFÍ PATTERN” OF THE SOUTH OF CALCHAQUÍES HILLS AND NORTH OF THE ACONQUIJA SYSTEM. Comechingonia [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.1, pp.1-10. ISSN 1851-0027.

The objective of the present work is to reflect on how the Tafí pattern villages located in the south of the Cumbres Calchaquíes and in the north of the Aconquija System materialized during the first millennium of the Age. This design extends over a wide area including the Tafí Valley, La Ciénega Valley, the Anfama Basin and Quebrada de Los Corrales. Despite the fact that the design was similar, evidences indicate certain variability inland (in terms of quantity, location and spatial relation with productive structures) which is interesting to study so as to know whether it implied functional and social variability (type of links among the different domestic units) as well. In this sense, some of the questions posed in this work revolve around the origins, how many and what kind of villages functioned at the same time in this zone, where one village ended and the next began, whether the topographic configuration had something to do with the delimitation, whether all villages were associated with productive areas, whether there were functional differences among them and whether this shared design (considered as an active agent) implied some kind of correlation which surpassed the village organization.

Keywords : Northwest Argentina, first millennium, village societies, architectural design.

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