Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period

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Beresford-Jones, David; Pullen, Alexander; Chauca, George; Cadwallader, Lauren; García, Maria; Salvatierra, Isabel; Whaley, Oliver; Vásquez, Víctor; Arce, Susana; Lane, Kevin John; French, Charles Andrew Ivey
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2018
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Moseley’s (1975) Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization hypothesis challenges, in one of humanity’s few pristine hearths of civilization, the axiom that agriculture is necessary for the rise of complex societies. We revisit that hypothesis by setting new findings from La Yerba II (7571–6674 Cal bp) and III (6485–5893 Cal bp), Río Ica estuary, alongside the wider archaeological record for the end of the Middle Preceramic Period on the Peruvian coast. The La Yerba record evinces increasing population, sedentism, and “Broad Spectrum Revolution” features, including early horticulture of Phaseolus and Canavalia beans. Yet unlike further north, these changes failed to presage the florescence of monumental civilization during the subsequent Late Preceramic Period. Instead, the south coast saw a profound “archaeological silence.” These contrasting trajectories had little to do with any relative differences in marine resources, but rather to restrictions on the terrestrial resources that determined a society’s capacity to intensify exploitation of those marine resources. We explain this apparent miscarriage of the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization (MFAC) hypothesis on the south coast of Peru by proposing more explicit links than hitherto, between the detailed technological aspects of marine exploitation using plant fibers to make fishing nets and the emergence of social complexity on the coast of Peru. Rather than because of any significant advantages in quality, it was the potential for increased quantities of production, inherent in the shift from gathered wild Asclepias bast fibers to cultivated cotton, that inadvertently precipitated revolutionary social change. Thereby refined, the MFAC hypothesis duly emerges more persuasive than ever.
Fil: Beresford-Jones, David. University of Cambridge; Reino Unido
Fil: Pullen, Alexander. No especifíca;
Fil: Chauca, George. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Perú
Fil: Cadwallader, Lauren. University of Cambridge; Reino Unido
Fil: García, Maria. Instituto Colombiano de Antropologí­a E Historia; Colombia
Fil: Salvatierra, Isabel. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Perú
Fil: Whaley, Oliver. Royal Botanic Gardens; Reino Unido
Fil: Vásquez, Víctor. No especifíca;
Fil: Arce, Susana. No especifíca;
Fil: Lane, Kevin John. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: French, Charles Andrew Ivey. University of Cambridge; Reino Unido
Materia
BROAD SPECTRUM REVOLUTION
COMPLEX SOCIETY
COTTON
FISHING NETS
MARITIME FOUNDATIONS OF ANDEAN CIVILIZATION
PLANT BAST FIBERS
PRECERAMIC PERIOD
SOUTH COAST PERU
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spelling Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic PeriodBeresford-Jones, DavidPullen, AlexanderChauca, GeorgeCadwallader, LaurenGarcía, MariaSalvatierra, IsabelWhaley, OliverVásquez, VíctorArce, SusanaLane, Kevin JohnFrench, Charles Andrew IveyBROAD SPECTRUM REVOLUTIONCOMPLEX SOCIETYCOTTONFISHING NETSMARITIME FOUNDATIONS OF ANDEAN CIVILIZATIONPLANT BAST FIBERSPRECERAMIC PERIODSOUTH COAST PERUhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6Moseley’s (1975) Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization hypothesis challenges, in one of humanity’s few pristine hearths of civilization, the axiom that agriculture is necessary for the rise of complex societies. We revisit that hypothesis by setting new findings from La Yerba II (7571–6674 Cal bp) and III (6485–5893 Cal bp), Río Ica estuary, alongside the wider archaeological record for the end of the Middle Preceramic Period on the Peruvian coast. The La Yerba record evinces increasing population, sedentism, and “Broad Spectrum Revolution” features, including early horticulture of Phaseolus and Canavalia beans. Yet unlike further north, these changes failed to presage the florescence of monumental civilization during the subsequent Late Preceramic Period. Instead, the south coast saw a profound “archaeological silence.” These contrasting trajectories had little to do with any relative differences in marine resources, but rather to restrictions on the terrestrial resources that determined a society’s capacity to intensify exploitation of those marine resources. We explain this apparent miscarriage of the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization (MFAC) hypothesis on the south coast of Peru by proposing more explicit links than hitherto, between the detailed technological aspects of marine exploitation using plant fibers to make fishing nets and the emergence of social complexity on the coast of Peru. Rather than because of any significant advantages in quality, it was the potential for increased quantities of production, inherent in the shift from gathered wild Asclepias bast fibers to cultivated cotton, that inadvertently precipitated revolutionary social change. Thereby refined, the MFAC hypothesis duly emerges more persuasive than ever.Fil: Beresford-Jones, David. University of Cambridge; Reino UnidoFil: Pullen, Alexander. No especifíca;Fil: Chauca, George. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; PerúFil: Cadwallader, Lauren. University of Cambridge; Reino UnidoFil: García, Maria. Instituto Colombiano de Antropologí­a E Historia; ColombiaFil: Salvatierra, Isabel. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; PerúFil: Whaley, Oliver. Royal Botanic Gardens; Reino UnidoFil: Vásquez, Víctor. No especifíca;Fil: Arce, Susana. No especifíca;Fil: Lane, Kevin John. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: French, Charles Andrew Ivey. University of Cambridge; Reino UnidoSpringer2018-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/177107Beresford-Jones, David; Pullen, Alexander; Chauca, George; Cadwallader, Lauren; García, Maria; et al.; Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period; Springer; Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory; 25; 2; 6-2018; 393-4251072-53691573-7764CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-017-9341-3info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10816-017-9341-3info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2026-01-14T12:04:11Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/177107instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982026-01-14 12:04:11.905CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period
title Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period
spellingShingle Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period
Beresford-Jones, David
BROAD SPECTRUM REVOLUTION
COMPLEX SOCIETY
COTTON
FISHING NETS
MARITIME FOUNDATIONS OF ANDEAN CIVILIZATION
PLANT BAST FIBERS
PRECERAMIC PERIOD
SOUTH COAST PERU
title_short Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period
title_full Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period
title_fullStr Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period
title_full_unstemmed Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period
title_sort Refining the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization: How Plant Fiber Technology Drove Social Complexity During the Preceramic Period
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Beresford-Jones, David
Pullen, Alexander
Chauca, George
Cadwallader, Lauren
García, Maria
Salvatierra, Isabel
Whaley, Oliver
Vásquez, Víctor
Arce, Susana
Lane, Kevin John
French, Charles Andrew Ivey
author Beresford-Jones, David
author_facet Beresford-Jones, David
Pullen, Alexander
Chauca, George
Cadwallader, Lauren
García, Maria
Salvatierra, Isabel
Whaley, Oliver
Vásquez, Víctor
Arce, Susana
Lane, Kevin John
French, Charles Andrew Ivey
author_role author
author2 Pullen, Alexander
Chauca, George
Cadwallader, Lauren
García, Maria
Salvatierra, Isabel
Whaley, Oliver
Vásquez, Víctor
Arce, Susana
Lane, Kevin John
French, Charles Andrew Ivey
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv BROAD SPECTRUM REVOLUTION
COMPLEX SOCIETY
COTTON
FISHING NETS
MARITIME FOUNDATIONS OF ANDEAN CIVILIZATION
PLANT BAST FIBERS
PRECERAMIC PERIOD
SOUTH COAST PERU
topic BROAD SPECTRUM REVOLUTION
COMPLEX SOCIETY
COTTON
FISHING NETS
MARITIME FOUNDATIONS OF ANDEAN CIVILIZATION
PLANT BAST FIBERS
PRECERAMIC PERIOD
SOUTH COAST PERU
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Moseley’s (1975) Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization hypothesis challenges, in one of humanity’s few pristine hearths of civilization, the axiom that agriculture is necessary for the rise of complex societies. We revisit that hypothesis by setting new findings from La Yerba II (7571–6674 Cal bp) and III (6485–5893 Cal bp), Río Ica estuary, alongside the wider archaeological record for the end of the Middle Preceramic Period on the Peruvian coast. The La Yerba record evinces increasing population, sedentism, and “Broad Spectrum Revolution” features, including early horticulture of Phaseolus and Canavalia beans. Yet unlike further north, these changes failed to presage the florescence of monumental civilization during the subsequent Late Preceramic Period. Instead, the south coast saw a profound “archaeological silence.” These contrasting trajectories had little to do with any relative differences in marine resources, but rather to restrictions on the terrestrial resources that determined a society’s capacity to intensify exploitation of those marine resources. We explain this apparent miscarriage of the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization (MFAC) hypothesis on the south coast of Peru by proposing more explicit links than hitherto, between the detailed technological aspects of marine exploitation using plant fibers to make fishing nets and the emergence of social complexity on the coast of Peru. Rather than because of any significant advantages in quality, it was the potential for increased quantities of production, inherent in the shift from gathered wild Asclepias bast fibers to cultivated cotton, that inadvertently precipitated revolutionary social change. Thereby refined, the MFAC hypothesis duly emerges more persuasive than ever.
Fil: Beresford-Jones, David. University of Cambridge; Reino Unido
Fil: Pullen, Alexander. No especifíca;
Fil: Chauca, George. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Perú
Fil: Cadwallader, Lauren. University of Cambridge; Reino Unido
Fil: García, Maria. Instituto Colombiano de Antropologí­a E Historia; Colombia
Fil: Salvatierra, Isabel. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Perú
Fil: Whaley, Oliver. Royal Botanic Gardens; Reino Unido
Fil: Vásquez, Víctor. No especifíca;
Fil: Arce, Susana. No especifíca;
Fil: Lane, Kevin John. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: French, Charles Andrew Ivey. University of Cambridge; Reino Unido
description Moseley’s (1975) Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization hypothesis challenges, in one of humanity’s few pristine hearths of civilization, the axiom that agriculture is necessary for the rise of complex societies. We revisit that hypothesis by setting new findings from La Yerba II (7571–6674 Cal bp) and III (6485–5893 Cal bp), Río Ica estuary, alongside the wider archaeological record for the end of the Middle Preceramic Period on the Peruvian coast. The La Yerba record evinces increasing population, sedentism, and “Broad Spectrum Revolution” features, including early horticulture of Phaseolus and Canavalia beans. Yet unlike further north, these changes failed to presage the florescence of monumental civilization during the subsequent Late Preceramic Period. Instead, the south coast saw a profound “archaeological silence.” These contrasting trajectories had little to do with any relative differences in marine resources, but rather to restrictions on the terrestrial resources that determined a society’s capacity to intensify exploitation of those marine resources. We explain this apparent miscarriage of the Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization (MFAC) hypothesis on the south coast of Peru by proposing more explicit links than hitherto, between the detailed technological aspects of marine exploitation using plant fibers to make fishing nets and the emergence of social complexity on the coast of Peru. Rather than because of any significant advantages in quality, it was the potential for increased quantities of production, inherent in the shift from gathered wild Asclepias bast fibers to cultivated cotton, that inadvertently precipitated revolutionary social change. Thereby refined, the MFAC hypothesis duly emerges more persuasive than ever.
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