Alden Mauro Yépez

Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador | PUCE · Escuela de Antropología

To document the dynamics of biocultural heritage, we studied traditional uses of plants on a segment of the Andean Road System, or Qhapaq Ñan, within the central Andes of Ecuador, home of the Kichwa community of Nizag. Here, residents preserved a rich diversity of plants within their agricultural fields, or chakra, of the Andean landscapes, upholdi...

The article "Two thousand years of garden urbanism in the Upper Amazon" (2) sparked our interest, and after a close examination we have serious concerns about inconsistencies between the text narrative and the supplementary data offered to support the claims

La utilización de los estudios de montaña requiere de narrativas integradoras para la geoalfabetización sobre paisajes socioecológicos productivos y motiva más investigaciones transdisciplinares en el campo de la montología. Concebimos este artículo como la confluencia de la experiencia individual y el razonamiento colectivo hacia la formación de g...

During many decades the high altitude archaeology considered that the ceremonial constructions were ritual remnant practices exclusively of the central and southern Andean mountains, while at the northern Andes were not expected to be found any high ritual and religious offerings, because the snow- capped mountains were an obstacle for the pilgrima...

Forest transformation modified the Quijos’ ancient mountainscapes in three ways: scientific approximation, entrepreneurial investing, and community engagement. We concentrate the study in the Cumandá Protected Forest reserve as exemplar in the Quijos valley. Our objective is to understand forest transition trends and prospects of sustainability by...

The volcano Chimborazo, located in Ecuador, was mentioned in the early chronicles of the Spaniards as a sacred mountain for the people of the ancient Andean world. In this article I will analyze, for the first time, three main archaeological sites, two of them at the bottom of the glaciers of the Chimbora- zo and the other one at its foothill. One...

Im Jahr 2012 gewann Alden Yépez bei einer Prospektionsmaßnahme an der Südflanke des höchsten Berges von Ecuador, dem Gletscher Chimborazo, Erkenntnisse zu zwölf archäologischen Fundstellen. Diese orientieren sich an einem mittels GPS dokumentierten Altweg, der an der höchsten Fundstellengruppe, vermutlich Kultstätten der Inka, endet. Um auf Basis d...

Some Spanish early colonial enterprises were interested in gold, silver and quicksilver searching in Ecuador's South Región. Many investigations outline the constant problem faced by the Spanish miners in their activities, due to the lack of indigenous hand labor, their work defection or the sickness faced by them. Just a few studies have focus its...

Some Spanish early colonial enterprises were interested in gold, silver and quicksilver searching in Ecuador's South Region. Many investigations outline the constant problem faced by the Spanish miners in their activities, due to the lack of indigenous hand labor, their work defection or the sickness faced by them. Just a few studies have focus its...

This article presents two different approaches for the classifi cation of ceramic shapes. The basis of the so-called classifi cation of basic shapes (Grundformen) is the system developed by KARSTENS (1994). The method was adapted, the main criterion is the ratio of the maximum diameter and the vessel height, in addition some features of the vessel...