Paisajes agrarios del segundo milenio de la era en el sector norte del Valle de Tafí (Tucumán, Argentina)

Abstract

This paper proposes to discuss the results of archaeological research carried out in thenorthern sector of the Tafi valley, specifically focusing on evidences correspondingto 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 severalexplanations in the archaeological literature of the Northwest Argentina. We came tothe preliminary conclusion that the valley acquires a spatial logic, typical of this periodin the region, but would not have been caused by factors that traditional archaeologyusually attribute, this are population pressure, conflict or environmental changes.