干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): THE ROLE OF PROSOPIS IN ECOLOGICAL AND LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN THE SAMACA BASIN, LOWER ICA VALLEY, SOUTH COAST PERU FROM THE EARLY HORIZON TO THE LATE INTERMEDIATE PERIOD

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DOI	10.1017/S1045663500002650
	THE ROLE OF PROSOPIS IN ECOLOGICAL AND LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN THE SAMACA BASIN, LOWER ICA VALLEY, SOUTH COAST PERU FROM THE EARLY HORIZON TO THE LATE INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
	Beresford-Jones, David G.; Susana, Arce T.; Whaley, Oliver Q.; Chepstow-Lusty, Alex J.
通讯作者	Beresford-Jones, DG (corresponding author), Univ Cambridge, Inst Archaeol Res, Cambridge CB2 3ER, England.
来源期刊	LATIN AMERICAN ANTIQUITY
ISSN	1045-6635
EISSN	2325-5080
出版年	2009
卷号	20 期号:2 页码:303-332
英文摘要	The lower Ica Valley on the hyperarid south coast of Peru is today largely depopulated and bereft of cultivation, yet its extensive archaeological remains attest to substantial prehispanic populations. This paper describes archaeological investigations to retrace changes in geomorphology, ecology, and land-use in Samaca, one of the riparian oasis basins of the lower Rio Ica, with the aim of investigating when, how, and why such changes took place. Archaeological interpretations of culture change in the region often invoke the impacts of major ENSO perturbations (El Nino). While our investigations confirm that major El Nino events around the end of the Early Intermediate Period likely offer part of the explanation for marked landscape change in the Samaca Basin, we also demonstrate the significance of more gradual, human-induced destruction of Prosopis pallida (huarango) riparian dry-forest. Huarango is a remarkable leguminous hardwood that lives for over a millennium and provides forage, fuel, and food. Moreover, it plays a crucial role in integrating fragile desert ecosystems, enhancing soil fertility and moisture, and accomplishing desalination and microclimatic amelioration. Me propose that south coast valleys remained densely forested well into the Early Intermediate Period, attenuating the impact of El Nino events and supporting hitherto underappreciated agroforestry adaptations. Gradual deforestation eventually crossed an environmental threshold: river and wind erosion increased dramatically and precipitated radical desertification, feeding back into cultural changes in the Middle Horizon. Thus we argue Prosopis-human ecological relationships merit proper recognition in our archaeological interpretations of the south coast of Peru.
类型	Review
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000267530200003
WOS关键词	HYDRAULIC LIFT ; LEGUMINOUS TREES ; SODIC WASTELAND ; SOIL PROPERTIES ; SONORAN DESERT ; WATER EFFLUX ; MESQUITE ; NITROGEN ; ROOTS ; CARBON
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/360623
作者单位	[Beresford-Jones, David G.] Univ Cambridge, Inst Archaeol Res, Cambridge CB2 3ER, England; [Susana, Arce T.] Museo Reg Ica INC Ica, Urbanizacion San Isidro, Ica, Peru; [Whaley, Oliver Q.] Royal Bot Gardens, Herbarium, Richmond TW9 3AE, Surrey, England; [Chepstow-Lusty, Alex J.] Inst Francais Etud Andines IFEA, Lima 18, Peru
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Beresford-Jones, David G.,Susana, Arce T.,Whaley, Oliver Q.,et al. THE ROLE OF PROSOPIS IN ECOLOGICAL AND LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN THE SAMACA BASIN, LOWER ICA VALLEY, SOUTH COAST PERU FROM THE EARLY HORIZON TO THE LATE INTERMEDIATE PERIOD[J],2009,20(2):303-332.
APA	Beresford-Jones, David G.,Susana, Arce T.,Whaley, Oliver Q.,&Chepstow-Lusty, Alex J..(2009).THE ROLE OF PROSOPIS IN ECOLOGICAL AND LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN THE SAMACA BASIN, LOWER ICA VALLEY, SOUTH COAST PERU FROM THE EARLY HORIZON TO THE LATE INTERMEDIATE PERIOD.LATIN AMERICAN ANTIQUITY,20(2),303-332.
MLA	Beresford-Jones, David G.,et al."THE ROLE OF PROSOPIS IN ECOLOGICAL AND LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN THE SAMACA BASIN, LOWER ICA VALLEY, SOUTH COAST PERU FROM THE EARLY HORIZON TO THE LATE INTERMEDIATE PERIOD".LATIN AMERICAN ANTIQUITY 20.2(2009):303-332.