Late pre-Hispanic fog oasis settlements and long-term human occupation on the Peruvian central coast from satellite imagery.
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Resource type
Journal article
Date published
December 18, 2023
Abstract
Fog oases ( ) present pockets of verdant vegetation within the arid coastal desert of Andean South America and archaeological excavation within some of the oases has revealed a long history of human exploitation of these landscapes. Yet lomas settlements are under-represented in archaeological datasets due to their tendency to be located in remote inter-valley areas. Here, the authors employ satellite imagery survey to map the locations of anthropogenic surface features along the central Peruvian coast. They observe two categories of archaeological features, large corrals and clustered structures, and document a concentration of settlement features within lomas landscapes that suggests a pre-Hispanic preference for both short- and long-term occupation of these verdant oases.
Project(s)
Priority 1: Ecosystem Stewardship
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Center for Impact and Social Responsibility, Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Peru | |
National Endowment for the Humanities, United States | |
American Council of Learned Societies, Unites States | |
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition | |
Vanderbilt University, United States | |
Brown University, United States | |
Journal title
Antiquity
Publisher
Antiquity Publications
Place of publication
England
ISSN
0003-598X
eISSN
1745-1744
Date accepted
September 7, 2023
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Additional information
IF = 2.024 (2022-2023)