Arid
DOI10.1016/j.catena.2010.11.001
Hazard, risk and agrarian adaptations in a hyperarid watershed: El Nino floods, streambank erosion, and the cultural bounds of vulnerability in the Andean Middle Horizon
Goldstein, Paul S.1; Magilligan, Francis J.2
通讯作者Goldstein, Paul S.
来源期刊CATENA
ISSN0341-8162
出版年2011
卷号85期号:2页码:155-167
英文摘要

Peru’s Osmore drainage, also known as the Moquegua Valley, is one of the driest regions on Earth, yet agricultural development has supported complex societies in the basin for almost 4000 yrs because of canal construction and irrigation. We compare the distinct agrarian and settlement systems of three coeval archaeological cultures in this arid region, Huaracane, Wari and Tiwanaku, and how each adapted-or failed to adapt-to geomorphic and climatic hazards. Systematic settlement pattern survey and radiocarbon dating along with geomorphological analysis of flood history and riverine processes permit detailed discussion of agrarian strategies during the Formative (1800 BC-AD 500) and Middle Horizon (AD 500-1000) periods, with distinct settlement "niches" in terms of agricultural practices and longitudinal position in the drainage, and lateral location relative to the floodplain. These adaptive strategies each manifest distinct "bounds of adaptability" to natural hazard, climate events and social stressors, and thus varying risk profiles. Besides the continual risk associated with sustained droughts, the Atacama and Peruvian Coastal Desert and culturally connected highland Altiplano are also vulnerable to the vagaries of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) leading to catastrophic floods in the mid-valley during warm phase ENSOs, in tandem with simultaneous hazards in other regions inhabited by these transregional cultures. By comparing the archaeological record of Wan, Huaracane, and Tiwanaku culture settlements with geomorphic signatures of catastrophic El Ninos, we show that the viability of each cultural sequence depended on specific relationships to floodplain streambank erosion, construction and reworking over multiple time scales. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


英文关键词El Nino Tiwanaku Wari Floodplain Climate change Social vulnerability Andes Archaeology
类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
收录类别SCI-E ; SSCI ; AHCI
WOS记录号WOS:000288642200007
WOS关键词SOUTHERN PERU ; SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE ; CENTRAL ARIZONA ; NORTH COAST ; GILA RIVER ; CERRO-BAUL ; TIWANAKU ; COLLAPSE ; HISTORY ; EVENTS
WOS类目Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Soil Science ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向Geology ; Agriculture ; Water Resources
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/167533
作者单位1.UC San Diego, Dept Anthropol, San Diego, CA USA;
2.Dartmouth Coll, Dept Geog, Hanover, NH 03755 USA
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Goldstein, Paul S.,Magilligan, Francis J.. Hazard, risk and agrarian adaptations in a hyperarid watershed: El Nino floods, streambank erosion, and the cultural bounds of vulnerability in the Andean Middle Horizon[J],2011,85(2):155-167.
APA Goldstein, Paul S.,&Magilligan, Francis J..(2011).Hazard, risk and agrarian adaptations in a hyperarid watershed: El Nino floods, streambank erosion, and the cultural bounds of vulnerability in the Andean Middle Horizon.CATENA,85(2),155-167.
MLA Goldstein, Paul S.,et al."Hazard, risk and agrarian adaptations in a hyperarid watershed: El Nino floods, streambank erosion, and the cultural bounds of vulnerability in the Andean Middle Horizon".CATENA 85.2(2011):155-167.
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