The Politics of Community and Inka Statecraft in the Colca Valley, Peru

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. Wernke
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Late Intermediate Period ◽  
Intermediate Period ◽  
Late Horizon ◽  
Colca Valley ◽  
Archaeological Analysis

AbstractIn this paper I investigate the community-level articulation of imperial and local political structures during the Inka occupation of the Collagua Province, located in the Colca Valley of highland southern Peru. Combined ethnohistorical and archaeological analysis document the emergence of a hybrid imperial/local political formation in the shift from autonomous rule during the Late Intermediate period (A.D. 1000–1450) to the Inka occupation during the Late horizon (A.D. 1450–1532). Documentary evidence reveals considerable but uneven penetration of Inka imperial institutions across the two ranked moieties that structure local community organization, with remarkably close conformity between Inkaic ideals of rank and hierarchy among the communities (ayllus) of the lower moiety, but greater autonomy among the higher-ranking ayllus of the upper moiety. New data from a systematic survey around the provincial capital documents a decentralized Late Intermediate period settlement pattern associated with fortifications, suggesting segmentary autonomous political organization. The subsequent Late horizon settlement pattern signals overall occupational continuity, but with the establishment of an Inka administrative center and the installation of central plazas and Inka structures at large settlements with local elite domestic architecture. The two data sets combined provide a integrated view of centralized, but locally mediated, Inka administration.

scholarly journals Interpretations of Pre-Hispanic Ritual Violence at Tucume, Peru, from Cut Mark Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Marla Toyne
Keyword(s):  
Social Meaning ◽  
Skeletal Trauma ◽  
Cut Marks ◽  
Chest Cavity ◽  
Late Intermediate Period ◽  
Intermediate Period ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Ritual Violence ◽  
Late Horizon ◽  
The Temple

AbstractArchaeological residues of ritual are often ephemeral, and reconstructing the dynamics of performed actions that create deposits can be difficult. Rituals associated with the dead are common across many cultures since all human groups have specific means of disposing of corpses. Evidence of peri- and postmortem manipulation of human remains, such as cutting, dismemberment, or disarticulation can provide details of the sequence of actions performed related to the circumstances surrounding death and the possible social meaning of those behaviors. Cut marks observed on the upper chest and throat of 93 percent of 117 children and men found interred at the Temple of the Sacred Stone at Túcume, Peru are consistent with three symbolic behaviors: cutting the throat, opening the chest cavity, and decapitation. This patterning of skeletal trauma demonstrates that a highly elaborate series of violent ritual behaviors was carried out on a regular basis at this location, beginning in the Late Intermediate Period (∼A.D. 1100) through to the end of the Late Horizon Inca occupation of the site around A.D. 1532. The recent finds of bioarchaeological evidence of ritual violence across the Andes suggests that, although rare, these mortuary remains provide important clues to the elaborate nature of ritual behaviors at different sites.

Local Resurgence

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina A. Conlee
Keyword(s):  
Religious Organization ◽  
Complex Societies ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Late Intermediate Period ◽  
Intermediate Period ◽  
Integrating Factor ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Late Horizon ◽  
Political Economic

The reestablishment of complex societies after a period of abandonment in Nasca is the focus of this chapter. This time period called the Late Intermediate Period is explored in several areas that may have interacted with Nasca. Archaeological evidence is presented for the Nasca region and La Tiza. In addition, there is a brief discussion of the Late Horizon when the Inca conquered the region. Society was dramatically different in the Late Intermediate Period, with new types of political, economic, and religious organization. Power and leadership appear to have been more diffused and segmented. The absence of large ceremonial centers or other public gathering spaces, as well as lack of distinct and elaborate iconography, suggest religion was not the integrating factor that it was in previous times. These changes are documented in detail in this chapter, as is the hypothesis that most people who settled the region in this period were not related to those who lived here before.

Fisherman, Farmer, Rich Man, Poor Man, Weaver, Parcialidad Chief?

2020 ◽  
pp. 267-300
Author(s):  
Brian R. Billman ◽  
Dana Bardolph ◽  
Jean Hudson ◽  
Jesús Briceño Rosario
Keyword(s):  
North Coast ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Moche Valley ◽  
Late Intermediate Period ◽  
Intermediate Period ◽  
Late Horizon

Chapter 10 discusses the Late Intermediate Period (1000–1460 cal AD) and Late Horizon (1470–1532 cal AD) site of Cerro la Virgen in the Moche valley on the Peruvian north coast. The authors argue that the site was self-sufficient except for water for fields, in contrast to earlier interpretations. However, households engaged in multiple economic activities; the site is not characterized by occupational specialization, and both farmers and fishermen lived at Cerro la Virgen.

Maritime Adaptations at Cerro Azul, Peru

2020 ◽  
pp. 351-365
Author(s):  
Joyce Marcus ◽  
Kent V. Flannery ◽  
Jeffrey Sommer ◽  
Robert G. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
El Niño ◽  
El Nino ◽  
Late Intermediate Period ◽  
Intermediate Period ◽  
El Niño Event ◽  
Peruvian Coast ◽  
Maritime Adaptations ◽  
El Niño Events ◽  
El Nino Events

Chapter 13 discusses Late Intermediate Period (~1000–1400 cal AD) and 20th-century fishing at Cerro Azul, a large site in the Cañete Valley on the Peruvian coast south of Lima. The authors provide data on the effects of the 1982–83 El Niño event on the local fisheries and use these data to examine the Cerro Azul zooarchaeological assemblage for evidence of El Niño events; they did not find signs of El Niño although events occurred while the site was inhabited.

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