Political Landscapes of the Late Intermediate Period in the Southern Andes The Pukaras and Their Hinterlands /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Álvarez Larrain, Alina (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Greco, Catriel (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Latin American Studies Book Series,
• Subjects: Archaeology.; Cultural geography.; Ethnology.; Latin America-Politics and government.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Cultural Geography.; Cultural Anthropology.; Latin American Politics.; Regional/Spatial Science.

This book studies the relationship between pukaras and their surrounding landscape, focusing on the architectural and settlement variability registered in both contexts. It is the outcome of a symposium held at the XIX National Congress of Argentine Archaeology (San Miguel de Tucuman, August 8-12, 2...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The Late Period Landscapes of San Blas de Los Sauces (La Rioja, Argentina)
• Defensibility Analysis with GIS in a Pukara from the Hualfín Valley (Belén, Catamarca)
• Photogrammetric Survey with UAV of Strategic Villages of Yocavil (Catamarca, Argentina)
• Chacras of the Pukara: The Late Occupation (S. X - XV AD) of Mesada de Andalhuala Banda, Yocavil (Catamarca, Argentina)
• Dwelling Space of the Mid-West Santa María Valley during the Late Intermediate Period
• Regional Dynamics and Conflict at Middle Calchaqui Valley High Quebradas between XI and the Beginning of XVII Centuries
• New Approaches to the Architecture and Space of Pucará de Turi, Northern Chile
• Interethnic Conflict in the Highlands of Northwestern Argentina during the Late Intermediate Period. A Case Study
• Spatial Configuration in the Late Period in the Area of Coranzuli (Province of Jujuy, Argentina)
• Agropastoral Calendars and Warfare in the Southern Andes: Humahuaca (NW Argentina) and Lipez (SW Bolivia)
• Something Special: Understanding Central Andean Special Function Sites [SFS] in their landscape context
• Conclusions.