Non-domesticated cultivation in the Andes: plant management and nurturing in the Argentine northwest

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Lema, Veronica Soledad
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2015
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This contribution summarizes archaeobotanical analyses dealing with the identification of practices such as cultivation of morphologically wild or weedy plants, as opposed to the gathering and cultivation of morphologically domestic plants, in northwestern Argentina. The presence of “intermediate” forms of Cucurbita maxima (squash) and Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean) together with their wild and domestic counterparts in the same archaeological contexts suggests the presence of wild/weedy/domestic crop complexes in the past. Practices which lead to these kinds of complexes (allowing the presence of wild relatives and interbreeding) seems to represent a long term modality of people-plant interaction in northwest Argentina detected in archaeological sites of different ages, spanning from 2,000 bp until modern local communities. This evidence, together with other morpho-anatomical traits of macro remains showing low standardization in size and shape (highly diverse biometric and qualitative features), points to a low incidence of selective pressures in crop populations throughout cultural development of the area. This argues for a horticultural system as opposed to large scale agriculture, entailing “mutual nurturing” which for this region demonstrates an alternative to the classic model of domestication.
Fil: Lema, Veronica Soledad. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Etnobotánica y Botánica Aplicada; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Domestication
Nurturing
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Andes
Argentina
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Non-domesticated cultivation in the Andes: plant management and nurturing in the Argentine northwest
title Non-domesticated cultivation in the Andes: plant management and nurturing in the Argentine northwest
spellingShingle Non-domesticated cultivation in the Andes: plant management and nurturing in the Argentine northwest
Lema, Veronica Soledad
Domestication
Nurturing
Cultivation
Andes
Argentina
title_short Non-domesticated cultivation in the Andes: plant management and nurturing in the Argentine northwest
title_full Non-domesticated cultivation in the Andes: plant management and nurturing in the Argentine northwest
title_fullStr Non-domesticated cultivation in the Andes: plant management and nurturing in the Argentine northwest
title_full_unstemmed Non-domesticated cultivation in the Andes: plant management and nurturing in the Argentine northwest
title_sort Non-domesticated cultivation in the Andes: plant management and nurturing in the Argentine northwest
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lema, Veronica Soledad
author Lema, Veronica Soledad
author_facet Lema, Veronica Soledad
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Domestication
Nurturing
Cultivation
Andes
Argentina
topic Domestication
Nurturing
Cultivation
Andes
Argentina
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This contribution summarizes archaeobotanical analyses dealing with the identification of practices such as cultivation of morphologically wild or weedy plants, as opposed to the gathering and cultivation of morphologically domestic plants, in northwestern Argentina. The presence of “intermediate” forms of Cucurbita maxima (squash) and Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean) together with their wild and domestic counterparts in the same archaeological contexts suggests the presence of wild/weedy/domestic crop complexes in the past. Practices which lead to these kinds of complexes (allowing the presence of wild relatives and interbreeding) seems to represent a long term modality of people-plant interaction in northwest Argentina detected in archaeological sites of different ages, spanning from 2,000 bp until modern local communities. This evidence, together with other morpho-anatomical traits of macro remains showing low standardization in size and shape (highly diverse biometric and qualitative features), points to a low incidence of selective pressures in crop populations throughout cultural development of the area. This argues for a horticultural system as opposed to large scale agriculture, entailing “mutual nurturing” which for this region demonstrates an alternative to the classic model of domestication.
Fil: Lema, Veronica Soledad. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Etnobotánica y Botánica Aplicada; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description This contribution summarizes archaeobotanical analyses dealing with the identification of practices such as cultivation of morphologically wild or weedy plants, as opposed to the gathering and cultivation of morphologically domestic plants, in northwestern Argentina. The presence of “intermediate” forms of Cucurbita maxima (squash) and Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean) together with their wild and domestic counterparts in the same archaeological contexts suggests the presence of wild/weedy/domestic crop complexes in the past. Practices which lead to these kinds of complexes (allowing the presence of wild relatives and interbreeding) seems to represent a long term modality of people-plant interaction in northwest Argentina detected in archaeological sites of different ages, spanning from 2,000 bp until modern local communities. This evidence, together with other morpho-anatomical traits of macro remains showing low standardization in size and shape (highly diverse biometric and qualitative features), points to a low incidence of selective pressures in crop populations throughout cultural development of the area. This argues for a horticultural system as opposed to large scale agriculture, entailing “mutual nurturing” which for this region demonstrates an alternative to the classic model of domestication.
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