The use of air photo interpretation in archaeological landscape research: the case-study of a Colombian Andean plateau
The aim of this paper is to use historical aerial photographs for the reconstruction of archaeological areas nowadays disappeared due to urban growth; this is supported by data from excavations and colonial documentation. In this case, we intend to reconstruct and analyze the raised fields system bu...
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I28-R145-6011_oai2025-11-17 Rodríguez Gallo, Lorena 2019-02-01 The aim of this paper is to use historical aerial photographs for the reconstruction of archaeological areas nowadays disappeared due to urban growth; this is supported by data from excavations and colonial documentation. In this case, we intend to reconstruct and analyze the raised fields system built by the pre-Hispanic groups in the Bogotá savanna, located in the Colombia Andean highlands. The results show that the hydraulic system significantly transformed the ecological environment: it controlled the mobility of rivers and seasonal floods, blocked water flows and flooded specific areas of the savanna. The objective of the pre-Hispanic groups was not to drain the savanna but to manage the water to get the most out of it, coexisting with it. El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar el uso de la fotografía aérea para la reconstrucción de áreas arqueológicas hoy en día desaparecidas por el crecimiento urbano, apoyada por los datos provenientes de las excavaciones o de la documentación colonial. En este caso se pretende reconstruir y analizar el sistema hidráulico de campos elevados de cultivo construidos por los grupos prehispánicos de la Sabana de Bogotá en los Andes colombianos. Los resultados muestran que el sistema hidráulico transformó significativamente el medio ecológico: controló la movilidad de los ríos y las inundaciones estacionales, bloqueó flujos de agua e inundó zonas específicas de la Sabana. El objetivo de los grupos prehispánicos no fue desecar la Sabana sino manejar el agua para sacar el máximo provecho, conviviendo con ella. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/6011 10.34096/arqueologia.t25.n1.6011 spa Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/6011/5376 Derechos de autor 2019 Lorena Rodríguez Gallo Arqueología; Vol. 25 No. 1 (2019): January-April; 169-186 Arqueología; Vol. 25 Núm. 1 (2019): enero-abril; 169-186 1853-8126 0327-5159 Aerial Archaeology Photo interpretation Landscape Archaeology Bogotá savanna Pre-Columbian raised fields Arqueología aérea Fotointerpretación Arqueología del paisaje Sabana de Bogotá Campos elevados precolombinos The use of air photo interpretation in archaeological landscape research: the case-study of a Colombian Andean plateau El uso de la fotointerpretación en la investigación de paisajes arqueológicos: el caso de estudio de una meseta andina colombiana info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=6011_oai |
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The aim of this paper is to use historical aerial photographs for the reconstruction of archaeological areas nowadays disappeared due to urban growth; this is supported by data from excavations and colonial documentation. In this case, we intend to reconstruct and analyze the raised fields system built by the pre-Hispanic groups in the Bogotá savanna, located in the Colombia Andean highlands. The results show that the hydraulic system significantly transformed the ecological environment: it controlled the mobility of rivers and seasonal floods, blocked water flows and flooded specific areas of the savanna. The objective of the pre-Hispanic groups was not to drain the savanna but to manage the water to get the most out of it, coexisting with it. |
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Rodríguez Gallo, Lorena |
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The use of air photo interpretation in archaeological landscape research: the case-study of a Colombian Andean plateau |
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The use of air photo interpretation in archaeological landscape research: the case-study of a Colombian Andean plateau |
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The use of air photo interpretation in archaeological landscape research: the case-study of a Colombian Andean plateau |
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The use of air photo interpretation in archaeological landscape research: the case-study of a Colombian Andean plateau |
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The use of air photo interpretation in archaeological landscape research: the case-study of a Colombian Andean plateau |
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use of air photo interpretation in archaeological landscape research: the case-study of a colombian andean plateau |
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires |
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