Warp and weft

14/02/2022 1 min
Warp and weft

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Episode Synopsis

In this article, I interpret the occupational history of the archaeological site Huayatayoc (Cusi Cusi, Jujuy Puna) considering the multiplicity of practices and logics that could interact in the dwelling of this productive locus over time. The study of this case allows me to discuss the interpretative model that has been used in the study of the region. This model considers pastoral and agricultural logics as excluding and discrete in the landscape. I propose the consideration of a third logic - agropastoralism - and I make a first approximation towards a textile analogy to interpret the way in which these ways of understanding, constructing and relating to the environment could be intertwined in the local landscape.