APORTES PARA EL ANáLISIS DE LA CONFIGURACIóN DEL ESPACIO COLONIAL TEMPRANO DE VALLE FéRTIL, SAN JUAN

This paper analyses relevant information obtained at Usno 1 site, Valle Fértil, San Juan (siglos XV-XVII d.C.). Its record belongs to later formative and early colonial societies of Eastern San Juan region. Antecedents and present results in pottery and archeofaunal remains studies are approached. They show evidence of changes in technological aspects, as in patterns of animal consumption after the European conquest. It also shows the occupational continuity of indigenous populations in some landscapes of the vallisto region. Data from Usno 1 were integrated in a regional archaeological model aiming to explain the spatial dynamics of the late Valle Fértil’s societies. Archaeological results and historical sources approaches were also articulated and discussed.