Agriculture and pastoral activities in the North Calchaquí Valley (Salta, Argentina). Explorations around ethnography and materiality

A tradition of anthropological and archaeological work in the mesothermal Andean valleys in Northwestern Argentina usually emphasized agriculture as the dominant productive activity, considering animal husbandry as an accessory practice, mainly limited to family consumption. However, recent studies...

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Autores principales: Jakel, Andrés, Marinangeli, Gimena Alé
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spelling I28-R145-10304_oai2023-08-03 Jakel, Andrés Marinangeli, Gimena Alé 2022-10-12 A tradition of anthropological and archaeological work in the mesothermal Andean valleys in Northwestern Argentina usually emphasized agriculture as the dominant productive activity, considering animal husbandry as an accessory practice, mainly limited to family consumption. However, recent studies indicate that animal husbandry may have had a greater importance in the configuration of productive strategies in these areas, raising the emerging concept of agropastoralism. This paper aims to explore the different ways in which agricultural activities and those linked to animal husbandry and grazing entangle in the Northern Calchaquí Valley. To this end, we analyze the material aspects associated with these coordinated practices based on ethnographic fieldwork through observations and local oral memory. We consider that this approach will allow us to establish guidelines that will enrich the analysis of the local archaeological record, resulting in a comprehensive view of the complementarity between these practices. Our results provide a first contribution to the approach to agropastoralism in the area, evidenced through the analysis of the materiality, organizational dynamics, and coordinated mobility in the different spaces in which life in the valley takes place. Desde una tradición de trabajos antropológicos y arqueológicos en las áreas de valles andinos mesotermales del Noroeste Argentino, se ha tendido a poner el acento en la agricultura como actividad productiva dominante, considerándose a la cría de animales como una práctica accesoria limitada sobre todo al consumo familiar. Sin embargo, estudios recientes señalan que la cría de animales pudo haber tenido una mayor importancia en la configuración de las estrategias productivas en estas zonas, dando lugar al concepto emergente de agropastoralismo. Este trabajo apunta a explorar las distintas formas en que las actividades agrícolas, y aquellas vinculadas a la cría y pastoreo de animales, se entrelazan en el Valle Calchaquí Norte. Para ello, se recurre al estudio de los aspectos materiales asociados a estas prácticas coordinadas y la información construida sobre la base de trabajo de campo etnográfico, a partir de observaciones y la memoria oral de los interlocutores. Consideramos que este tipo de abordaje nos permitirá establecer pautas que enriquezcan el análisis del registro arqueológico local y tener una mirada integral respecto a la complementariedad de dichas prácticas. Los resultados obtenidos otorgan una primera contribución al abordaje del agropastoralismo en el área, evidenciado a partir del análisis de la materialidad, dinámicas de organización y movilidad coordinadas en los diversos espacios que componen la vida en el valle. application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/10304 10.34096/arqueologia.t28.n3.10304 spa Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/10304/10526 Derechos de autor 2022 Andrés Jakel, Gimena Alé Marinangeli https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 Arqueología; Vol. 28 Núm. 3 (2022): septiembre-diciembre; 10304 Arqueología; Vol 28 No 3 (2022): septiembre-diciembre; 10304 1853-8126 0327-5159 Agropastoralism Argentinian Norwest Material Record Archaeological ethnographies Agropastoralismo Noroeste Argentino Registro material Etnografías arqueológicas Agriculture and pastoral activities in the North Calchaquí Valley (Salta, Argentina). Explorations around ethnography and materiality Agricultura y actividades pastoriles en el Valle Calchaquí Norte (Salta, Argentina). Exploraciones en torno a la etnografía y la materialidad info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=10304_oai
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topic Agropastoralism
Argentinian Norwest
Material Record
Archaeological ethnographies
Agropastoralismo
Noroeste Argentino
Registro material
Etnografías arqueológicas
spellingShingle Agropastoralism
Argentinian Norwest
Material Record
Archaeological ethnographies
Agropastoralismo
Noroeste Argentino
Registro material
Etnografías arqueológicas
Jakel, Andrés
Marinangeli, Gimena Alé
Agriculture and pastoral activities in the North Calchaquí Valley (Salta, Argentina). Explorations around ethnography and materiality
topic_facet Agropastoralism
Argentinian Norwest
Material Record
Archaeological ethnographies
Agropastoralismo
Noroeste Argentino
Registro material
Etnografías arqueológicas
description A tradition of anthropological and archaeological work in the mesothermal Andean valleys in Northwestern Argentina usually emphasized agriculture as the dominant productive activity, considering animal husbandry as an accessory practice, mainly limited to family consumption. However, recent studies indicate that animal husbandry may have had a greater importance in the configuration of productive strategies in these areas, raising the emerging concept of agropastoralism. This paper aims to explore the different ways in which agricultural activities and those linked to animal husbandry and grazing entangle in the Northern Calchaquí Valley. To this end, we analyze the material aspects associated with these coordinated practices based on ethnographic fieldwork through observations and local oral memory. We consider that this approach will allow us to establish guidelines that will enrich the analysis of the local archaeological record, resulting in a comprehensive view of the complementarity between these practices. Our results provide a first contribution to the approach to agropastoralism in the area, evidenced through the analysis of the materiality, organizational dynamics, and coordinated mobility in the different spaces in which life in the valley takes place.
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title Agriculture and pastoral activities in the North Calchaquí Valley (Salta, Argentina). Explorations around ethnography and materiality
title_short Agriculture and pastoral activities in the North Calchaquí Valley (Salta, Argentina). Explorations around ethnography and materiality
title_full Agriculture and pastoral activities in the North Calchaquí Valley (Salta, Argentina). Explorations around ethnography and materiality
title_fullStr Agriculture and pastoral activities in the North Calchaquí Valley (Salta, Argentina). Explorations around ethnography and materiality
title_full_unstemmed Agriculture and pastoral activities in the North Calchaquí Valley (Salta, Argentina). Explorations around ethnography and materiality
title_sort agriculture and pastoral activities in the north calchaquí valley (salta, argentina). explorations around ethnography and materiality
publisher Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
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