Sondondo's ancient agriculture as reflected in microfossils from terraced soils. Procedures to understand socio-economical changes in Peru

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Aparicio Martínez, Patricia; Korstanje, María Alejandra
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2025
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In Peru, archaeological studies of Andean agriculture have generally focused on archaeobotanical remains, agrarian technologies, or the social and economic dimensions of agricultural practices. Most of these studies have relied on typological or structural approaches, leading to interpretations grounded in relative chronological and broad generalizations, especially for periods of complex social development, such as those associated with the Huari and Inca Empires. However, new interdisciplinary methodologies in agroarchaeology offer new opportunities to investigate the cultivation sites directly, moving beyond an exclusive reliance on ethnographic or ethnohistorical analogies.This paper presents the first multiple microfossil analysis from of soils in agricultural terraces from the Sondondo Valley, Department of Ayacucho, Peru. We detail the application of this innovative methodological approach, which allowed us to reconstruct the chronology of terrace construction and use, and provided insight into the social implications of these agricultural practices. Moreover, we question the standardization of agricultural terraces and demand for maize cultivation during the expansion of the Inca Empire in the southern Andes. Our study effectively demonstrates how sociopolitical transformations can be assessed by studying past agricultural landscapes.
Fil: Aparicio Martínez, Patricia. University of Toronto; Canadá
Fil: Korstanje, María Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales; Argentina
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sondondo's ancient agriculture as reflected in microfossils from terraced soils. Procedures to understand socio-economical changes in Peru
title Sondondo's ancient agriculture as reflected in microfossils from terraced soils. Procedures to understand socio-economical changes in Peru
spellingShingle Sondondo's ancient agriculture as reflected in microfossils from terraced soils. Procedures to understand socio-economical changes in Peru
Aparicio Martínez, Patricia
Agroarchaeology
Terraces
Andean Studies
Paleoethnobotanical
title_short Sondondo's ancient agriculture as reflected in microfossils from terraced soils. Procedures to understand socio-economical changes in Peru
title_full Sondondo's ancient agriculture as reflected in microfossils from terraced soils. Procedures to understand socio-economical changes in Peru
title_fullStr Sondondo's ancient agriculture as reflected in microfossils from terraced soils. Procedures to understand socio-economical changes in Peru
title_full_unstemmed Sondondo's ancient agriculture as reflected in microfossils from terraced soils. Procedures to understand socio-economical changes in Peru
title_sort Sondondo's ancient agriculture as reflected in microfossils from terraced soils. Procedures to understand socio-economical changes in Peru
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aparicio Martínez, Patricia
Korstanje, María Alejandra
author Aparicio Martínez, Patricia
author_facet Aparicio Martínez, Patricia
Korstanje, María Alejandra
author_role author
author2 Korstanje, María Alejandra
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Agroarchaeology
Terraces
Andean Studies
Paleoethnobotanical
topic Agroarchaeology
Terraces
Andean Studies
Paleoethnobotanical
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In Peru, archaeological studies of Andean agriculture have generally focused on archaeobotanical remains, agrarian technologies, or the social and economic dimensions of agricultural practices. Most of these studies have relied on typological or structural approaches, leading to interpretations grounded in relative chronological and broad generalizations, especially for periods of complex social development, such as those associated with the Huari and Inca Empires. However, new interdisciplinary methodologies in agroarchaeology offer new opportunities to investigate the cultivation sites directly, moving beyond an exclusive reliance on ethnographic or ethnohistorical analogies.This paper presents the first multiple microfossil analysis from of soils in agricultural terraces from the Sondondo Valley, Department of Ayacucho, Peru. We detail the application of this innovative methodological approach, which allowed us to reconstruct the chronology of terrace construction and use, and provided insight into the social implications of these agricultural practices. Moreover, we question the standardization of agricultural terraces and demand for maize cultivation during the expansion of the Inca Empire in the southern Andes. Our study effectively demonstrates how sociopolitical transformations can be assessed by studying past agricultural landscapes.
Fil: Aparicio Martínez, Patricia. University of Toronto; Canadá
Fil: Korstanje, María Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales; Argentina
description In Peru, archaeological studies of Andean agriculture have generally focused on archaeobotanical remains, agrarian technologies, or the social and economic dimensions of agricultural practices. Most of these studies have relied on typological or structural approaches, leading to interpretations grounded in relative chronological and broad generalizations, especially for periods of complex social development, such as those associated with the Huari and Inca Empires. However, new interdisciplinary methodologies in agroarchaeology offer new opportunities to investigate the cultivation sites directly, moving beyond an exclusive reliance on ethnographic or ethnohistorical analogies.This paper presents the first multiple microfossil analysis from of soils in agricultural terraces from the Sondondo Valley, Department of Ayacucho, Peru. We detail the application of this innovative methodological approach, which allowed us to reconstruct the chronology of terrace construction and use, and provided insight into the social implications of these agricultural practices. Moreover, we question the standardization of agricultural terraces and demand for maize cultivation during the expansion of the Inca Empire in the southern Andes. Our study effectively demonstrates how sociopolitical transformations can be assessed by studying past agricultural landscapes.
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