Chacras of the pukara: the late occupation (tenth-sixteenth centuries) of Mesada de Andalhuala Banda, Yocavil (Catamarca, Argentina) by Alvarez Larrain, Alina

“…Spatially associated with these features are simple and compound residential units with double-faced walls filled with rubble and sediment, morphology assignable to the Santa María culture, which could be the dwelling sector of the population tasked with food production. This information allowed us to hypothesize that the Mesada, as a main productive area, was occupied during the entire Late Period, a time that included climate change and interethnic conflict, and played an important role in relation to the nearby pukara settlement.…”
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