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Crossing the western Altiplano: The ecological context of Tiwanaku migrations

Vining, Benjamin, Williams, Patrick Ryan·2020·Journal of Archaeological Science
DOI 10.1016/j.jas.2019.105046
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Abstract Mobility and migration are critical processes that influence cultural and socio-economic development, and have lasting effects on demographic and ecological arrangements. However, these are ephemeral behaviors which are difficult to reconstruct archaeologically. Here, we employ geospatial approaches to reconstruct mobility corridors likely used by Tiwanaku migrants during the Andean Middle Horizon, ca. AD 500–1000. Prehispanic mobility relied on caravans of Andean camelids. We reconstruct probable mobility corridors while comparing cost- and permeability-based modeling approaches. We further use remote sensing to examine how modern ecological dynamics relate to modeled mobility corridors. Imagery from the Landsat family of multispectral satellites is used to document the response of green vegetation to seasonal and interannual moisture variability. We find that there is a statistically significant increase in the amount of perennially-green vegetation land cover along the corridor linking Tiwanaku with its principal colonial enclaves on the Pacific coast. Such perennially-green vegetation provides a critical resource for prehispanic caravans. The data indicate a relationship between high volumes of migration and enhanced vegetation. We explore whether Tiwanaku migration routes were established in part on the basis of this resource, or if modern land cover reflects an anthropogenic legacy.

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  • Vining and Williams (2020) propose that Tiwanaku macroregional movement corridors coincided with the pasture land distribution between the Altiplano and Moquegua.

    “For this reason, Vining and Williams (2020) propose that Tiwanaku macroregional movement corridors coincided with the pasture land distribution between the Altiplano and Moquegua.”

    From The longue durée of andean movement networks: case study in the lauca altiplano (2025) · cites this paper as Vining and Williams 2020

  • Information on pre-Inca movement systems is mostly restricted to research on Tiwanaku and Wari movement patterns related to Moquegua.

    “Information on pre-Inca movement systems is mostly restricted to research on Tiwanaku and Wari movement patterns related to Moquegua (Stanish et al. 2010;Williams 2017;Vining and Williams 2020).”

    From The longue durée of andean movement networks: case study in the lauca altiplano (2025) · cites this paper as Vining and Williams 2020

  • Herding infrastructure, specifically estancias and movement corridors, is associated with more productive, seasonally stable vegetation, often associated with bofedales.

    “Recent archaeological studies have combined pedestrian survey with environmental modelling to demonstrate that herding infrastructure-specifically, estancias (pastoralist settlements) and movement corridors-are associated with more productive, seasonally stable vegetation, often associated with bofedales”

    From Managing pastoral landscapes: remote survey of herding infrastructure in huancavelica, peru (2024) · cites this paper as Vining & Williams 2020

  • Herders may have located their corrals and estancias to take advantage of more productive, seasonally stable vegetation resources.

    “These findings suggest that herders may have located their corrals and estancias to take advantage of these resources.”

    From Managing pastoral landscapes: remote survey of herding infrastructure in huancavelica, peru (2024) · cites this paper as Vining & Williams 2020

  • Other researchers have similarly used present-day data to infer environmental conditions in the past.

    “Other researchers have similarly used present-day data to infer environmental conditions in the past”

    From Managing pastoral landscapes: remote survey of herding infrastructure in huancavelica, peru (2024) · cites this paper as Vining & Williams 2020

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Authors
Vining, B., & Williams, P. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
  • Field Museum of Natural History (US)
Corresponding author
Vining, Benjamin
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Archaeological Science
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-01
Volume
113
Pages
105046
ISSN
0305-4403 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jas.2019.105046
OpenAlex
W2990477820
Semantic Scholar
8debeedf5db3c9a63895790896c663657653a5dc
Cited by
19
References
122
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2
FWCI
3.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
Journal of Archaeological Science (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Science Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeological Research and Protection
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Archaeology and Natural History
Keywords
Tiwanaku, vegetation dynamics, perennial vegetation, moisture variation, Landsat imagery, permeability modeling, ecological reconstruction, anthropogenic land cover

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