Hacia los primeros poblados en Azul Pampa, Jujuy.

Abstract

In the northern sector of north western Argentina, at Azul Pampa microrregion, the earliest occupations with ceramics were found in caves and rock shelters dating to ca 3000 B.P. Two in particular, Inca Cueva and Tomayoc, offer evidence of planned reoccupation within a possibly annual sedentary circuit. Considering ceramics as basic indicators of change towards a productive subsistence strategy, other evidence suggests that these settlements developed from earlier huntergatherer local occupations. The first semi-permanent settlements, instead, at the same locality, are found ca.1000 B.P. In this paper we will treat on the possible links between them, focusing on landscapes, territories and interaction networks, considering especially our case studies. This research included previous analysis of palaeoenvironment local studies and ethnoarchaeological local research in order to model on this spatial observation unit for the ca. 3000- 1000 B.P. temporal block selected. Drawing upon anthropological biological analysis, zooarchaeology, radiocarbon datings, rock art, and ceramics, among other lines of evidence, the chapter discusses the process towards increasingly permanent settlements, the reuse of key places with basic resources, and the interaction between the different archaeological sites investigated.