O registro arqueológico da bacia média do rio Uruguai: antigos riscos, novos dados e desafios
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The Uruguay River basin, encompassing the river’s shoreline and its adjacent areas of valleys, hills, and ridges, constituted a significant ecotone for the development of the earliest human occupations in the region, around 12,000 cal. years BP. Archaeological records from the basin have been crucial since the inception of Uruguayan archaeology for understanding the antiquity of human settlement, the characteristics of settlement processes and mobility, lithic and ceramic technological variability, and the Guaraní expansion, among other aspects. The first cultural frameworks, proposed in the past century, established different archaeological units and large-scale regional sequences, which are currently debated due to their diffusionist and adaptationist foundations. Today, the archaeology of the basin faces new challenges, including reconstructing the interactions between culture and environment; studying human migrations across space and time; analyzing ethnogenesis processes; and investigating the emergence of agriculture and architectural and artistic manifestations. In this regard, and in light of recent research findings developed within the framework of the CSIC I+D57 research project, we contribute to updating information on the conservation status of archaeological sites, new chronological data, and the variability of rock art representations in the study area. Additionally, we discuss the exploitation and management of geological resources provided by the different landscape units throughout the pre-Hispanic history of the basin.
Source: Fragmentos del Pasado-do Passado
Language: Spanish
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220103695