Silvopastoralism and the shaping of forest patches in the Atacama Desert during the Formative Period (ca. 3000–1500 years BP)
- McRostie, Virginia
- Babot, Maria del Pilar
- Calás, Elisa
- Gayó, Eugenia
- Gallardo, Francisco
- Godoy Aguirre, Carolina
- Labarca, Rafael
- Latorre, Claudio
- Núñez, Lautaro
- Ojeda, Karla
- Santoro, Calogero M.
- Valenzuela, Daniela
DOIAbstract
During the Formative period by the Late-Holocene (ca. 3000–1500 BP), semi-sedentary and sedentary human occupations had emerged in the oases, salares, and riverine systems in the central depression (2400–1000 masl) of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile (19–25°S). This hyperarid core was marginally occupied during the post-Pleistocene and middle Holocene droughts. Settlement on these lower belts was accompanied by a rise in humidity, the introduction of Andean crops, flourishment of Prosopis spp. (algarrobo) forests, and increasing integration of domestic camelid caravans. Here, we explore lowland husbandry within risk-spreading strategies, focusing on silvopastoralism and endozoochory between camelids and algarrobos. Analysis of camelid cop...
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