La aplicación de modelos de distribución de especies para la realización de inferencias arqueológicas. Una ejemplificación a partir de Geoffroea decorticans en el área Sudcalchaquí (Noroeste, Argentina)

Abstract

SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING AS A TOOL FOR INFERENCE: AN EXAMPLE FROM GEOFFROEA DECORTICANS IN THE SOUTHERN CALCHAQUI AREA, NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA. In this interdisciplinary contribution, first, the concept of species distribution modeling is developed along with its implications, potential, and inferential strategies. Second, application of the MaxEnt tool is demonstrated based on the distribution modeling of the chanãr tree (Geoffroea decorticans (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Burkart)) between 4200 and 300 BP. Third, archaeological implications are generated from the use of distribution modeling for different archaeological sites in Northwest Argentina where the consumption of Geoffroea decorticans during the first millennium A.D. has been identified.