The Abra del rock shelter, northwestern Argentina, a space ocuppied by hunter-gatherers that was hit by the large 4.2 ka Cerro Blanco eruption
Occupation sites have been rarely found during research on the prehistorical hunter-gatherer populations in the Andean intermontane valleys. Some reasons are the intense anthropization of the landscape and the scarce research efforts. Recent work opens new perspectives at the Abra del Toro rock shel...
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| author | Carbonelli, Juan Pablo Fernandez Turiel, Jose Luis Belotti López de Medina, Carlos Raúl |
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| description | Occupation sites have been rarely found during research on the prehistorical hunter-gatherer populations in the Andean intermontane valleys. Some reasons are the intense anthropization of the landscape and the scarce research efforts. Recent work opens new perspectives at the Abra del Toro rock shelter in the Yocavil valley (province of Catamarca, Argentina). Stratigraphy of rock shelter shows a 1 m thick volcanic ash deposit formed by wind transportation from primary ash-fall deposits. Geomorphological, sedimentological, textural, glass and mineral content, bulk chemical composition, and radiocarbon dating prove the tephra derived from the 4.2 ka BP eruption of the Cerro Blanco Volcanic Complex in the southern Puna. This is the world's largest documented volcanic eruption in the past five thousand years, and it covered the archeological site surroundings with an approximately 1-meter-thick ash-fall layer. Throughout the stratigraphic sequence of the Abra del Toro rock shelter, we can hypothesize that there were three main occupational moments: two hunter-gatherer moments, separated by the record of the large volcanic eruption, and a latern agro-pottery period. The evidence of the catastrophic volcanic event in the Abra del Toro rock shelter makes it possible to predict future impact on the contemporaneous communities. |
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| spelling | suquia-ffyh.1748092024-08-02T01:21:27Z The Abra del rock shelter, northwestern Argentina, a space ocuppied by hunter-gatherers that was hit by the large 4.2 ka Cerro Blanco eruption Carbonelli, Juan Pablo Fernandez Turiel, Jose Luis Belotti López de Medina, Carlos Raúl ANDES ARGENTINA CERRO BLANCO VOLCANIC COMPLEX HUNTER-GATHERER ROCK-SHELTER TEPHRA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 Occupation sites have been rarely found during research on the prehistorical hunter-gatherer populations in the Andean intermontane valleys. Some reasons are the intense anthropization of the landscape and the scarce research efforts. Recent work opens new perspectives at the Abra del Toro rock shelter in the Yocavil valley (province of Catamarca, Argentina). Stratigraphy of rock shelter shows a 1 m thick volcanic ash deposit formed by wind transportation from primary ash-fall deposits. Geomorphological, sedimentological, textural, glass and mineral content, bulk chemical composition, and radiocarbon dating prove the tephra derived from the 4.2 ka BP eruption of the Cerro Blanco Volcanic Complex in the southern Puna. This is the world's largest documented volcanic eruption in the past five thousand years, and it covered the archeological site surroundings with an approximately 1-meter-thick ash-fall layer. Throughout the stratigraphic sequence of the Abra del Toro rock shelter, we can hypothesize that there were three main occupational moments: two hunter-gatherer moments, separated by the record of the large volcanic eruption, and a latern agro-pottery period. The evidence of the catastrophic volcanic event in the Abra del Toro rock shelter makes it possible to predict future impact on the contemporaneous communities. Fil: Carbonelli, Juan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto de las Culturas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de las Culturas; Argentina Fil: Fernandez Turiel, Jose Luis. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España Fil: Belotti López de Medina, Carlos Raúl. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto de las Culturas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de las Culturas; Argentina 2022-10 2024-08-02T01:21:26Z 2024-08-02T01:21:26Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/11336/201439 Carbonelli, Juan Pablo; Fernandez Turiel, Jose Luis; Belotti López de Medina, Carlos Raúl; The Abra del rock shelter, northwestern Argentina, a space ocuppied by hunter-gatherers that was hit by the large 4.2 ka Cerro Blanco eruption; Elsevier Ltd; Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports; 45; 10-2022; 1-14 2352-409X CONICET Digital CONICET https://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/174809 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103629 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X22002929 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Elsevier Ltd |
| spellingShingle | ANDES ARGENTINA CERRO BLANCO VOLCANIC COMPLEX HUNTER-GATHERER ROCK-SHELTER TEPHRA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 Carbonelli, Juan Pablo Fernandez Turiel, Jose Luis Belotti López de Medina, Carlos Raúl The Abra del rock shelter, northwestern Argentina, a space ocuppied by hunter-gatherers that was hit by the large 4.2 ka Cerro Blanco eruption |
| title | The Abra del rock shelter, northwestern Argentina, a space ocuppied by hunter-gatherers that was hit by the large 4.2 ka Cerro Blanco eruption |
| title_full | The Abra del rock shelter, northwestern Argentina, a space ocuppied by hunter-gatherers that was hit by the large 4.2 ka Cerro Blanco eruption |
| title_fullStr | The Abra del rock shelter, northwestern Argentina, a space ocuppied by hunter-gatherers that was hit by the large 4.2 ka Cerro Blanco eruption |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Abra del rock shelter, northwestern Argentina, a space ocuppied by hunter-gatherers that was hit by the large 4.2 ka Cerro Blanco eruption |
| title_short | The Abra del rock shelter, northwestern Argentina, a space ocuppied by hunter-gatherers that was hit by the large 4.2 ka Cerro Blanco eruption |
| title_sort | abra del rock shelter northwestern argentina a space ocuppied by hunter gatherers that was hit by the large 4 2 ka cerro blanco eruption |
| topic | ANDES ARGENTINA CERRO BLANCO VOLCANIC COMPLEX HUNTER-GATHERER ROCK-SHELTER TEPHRA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 |
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