An interdisciplinary approach to the collapse of the port and degradation of freshwater resources at Panama Viejo (Panama), 1519–1671

IF 1.4 3区地球科学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Geoarchaeology-An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI:10.1002/gea.21991

Miriam Martos, Bethany Aram, Gonzalo Malvarez

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Abstract

The Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo (Panama) comprises a protected area of 28 km² within present-day Panama City, on America's Pacific coast. In 1519, the Spaniards founded the city of Panama Viejo to secure a natural port in an area inhabited by indigenous peoples since at least the eighth century CE. The site, along the coastline and between two rivers, became a principal gateway for goods and people travelling between Europe and Pacific settlements to the east (Realejo) and the west (Trujillo, Lima, Arica). Within one century, however, Panama Viejo's natural port and freshwater infrastructure collapsed, leading to the city's relocation after corsairs attacked it in 1671. This study combines archaeological, geographical and historical analyses to explain how and why human interactions with the local environment made the settlement increasingly untenable.

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1519-1671 年巴拿马维埃霍港口崩溃和淡水资源退化的跨学科研究方法

巴拿马维埃霍考古遗址（巴拿马）位于美洲太平洋沿岸，在今巴拿马城内，是一个面积为 28 平方公里的保护区。1519 年，西班牙人建立了巴拿马维埃霍城，以确保在至少从公元八世纪起就有土著居民居住的地区拥有一个天然港口。该城位于海岸线和两条河流之间，是货物和人员往来于欧洲与东面（雷阿莱霍）和西面（特鲁希略、利马、阿里卡）太平洋定居点之间的主要通道。然而，在一个世纪内，巴拿马别霍的天然港口和淡水基础设施崩溃了，导致这座城市在 1671 年遭到海盗袭击后搬迁。本研究结合考古、地理和历史分析，解释了人类与当地环境的互动如何以及为何使定居点越来越难以维持。

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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal 地学-地球科学综合

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3.60

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5.90%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Geoarchaeology is an interdisciplinary journal published six times per year (in January, March, May, July, September and November). It presents the results of original research at the methodological and theoretical interface between archaeology and the geosciences and includes within its scope: interdisciplinary work focusing on understanding archaeological sites, their environmental context, and particularly site formation processes and how the analysis of sedimentary records can enhance our understanding of human activity in Quaternary environments. Manuscripts should examine the interrelationship between archaeology and the various disciplines within Quaternary science and the Earth Sciences more generally, including, for example: geology, geography, geomorphology, pedology, climatology, oceanography, geochemistry, geochronology, and geophysics. We also welcome papers that deal with the biological record of past human activity through the analysis of faunal and botanical remains and palaeoecological reconstructions that shed light on past human-environment interactions. The journal also welcomes manuscripts concerning the examination and geological context of human fossil remains as well as papers that employ analytical techniques to advance understanding of the composition and origin or material culture such as, for example, ceramics, metals, lithics, building stones, plasters, and cements. Such composition and provenance studies should be strongly grounded in their geological context through, for example, the systematic analysis of potential source materials.