Agrarian landscape of the second millennium in the northern area of Tafi Valley (Tucumán, Argentina)

Abstract

This paper proposes to discuss the results of archaeological research carried out in the northern sector of the Tafi valley, specifically focusing on evidences corresponding to the first half of the Second Millennium of the Christian Age. During this period, the agrarian landscape is segregating of household area which has generated several explanations in the archaeological literature of the Northwest Argentina. We came to the preliminary conclusion that the valley acquires a spatial logic, typical of this period in the region, but would not have been caused by factors that traditional archaeology usually attribute, this are population pressure, conflict or environmental changes.