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In 2019, while conducting a survey of the Carabamba River valley (ca. 150–3,325 m asl) in northern Peru, we identified and surveyed a group of five unreported geoglyphs. Their location and iconography suggest that they date from the Formative period (1800–200 BC) and that they were possibly associated with a form of fertility ritual.

The historic process of fertility decline was interrupted during the central decades of the 20th century with an unexpected period of increasing fertility that has been called the baby boom. Normally it is considered a phenomenon exclusive to countries participating in the historic demographic transition. A recent study suggests that a similar trend change in fertility may have also taken place in a few developing nations at approximately the same time and with similar characteristics to the fertility boom in the developed world. The main goal of this paper is to examine the extent to which these trend changes took place in Latin America and whether or not their characteristics were similar to those holding in the developed world.

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A Group of Geoglyphs in the Lower Carabamba Valley, Northern Peru

WAS THERE A MID-20TH CENTURY FERTILITY BOOM IN LATIN AMERICA?*

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A Group of Geoglyphs in the Lower Carabamba Valley, Northern Peru

WAS THERE A MID-20TH CENTURY FERTILITY BOOM IN LATIN AMERICA?*