Andean Archaeology III: North and South, Volume 3William Isbell, Helaine Silverman Andean Archaeology III represents a continuation in our effort to highlight the ?nest of current archaeological scholarship conducted in the Central Andean c- ture area. Each paper contributes in a signi?cant way to understanding prehistoric processes in the Central Andean culture tradition, adding importantly to the rich base provided by Andean Archaeology I and II. As in those former volumes we do not seek a balanced presentation of the entirety of the Andean past, but instead showcase what is new, what is innovative, and what is controversial in thinking about and investigating the great sweep of Andean cultural development. We wholeheartedly agree with Pauketat (2001:xiii) that it is “more satisfying to compare how cultural phenomena happened,” than for researchers to hasten to answer “why questions” that tend more to “reify their initial assumptions” than to inform us about prehistoric people and their embodied, cultural practices. We supporttherevitalizedstudyofsocioculturalevolution,especiallythatchampioned by Bruce Trigger (e.g., 1998, 2003), which has bene?ted by several decades of valuable critique. Ontheotherhand,explanationsofthepastnotbasedoncomparisonsofhistorical processes carefully argued from well-studied archaeological records sacri?ce the rigor that was such an important part of the ?rst processual archaeology advocated byLewisBinford(1962,1964,1972;Sabloff1998;seealsoYoffee2005interalia). In some recent and current Andean archaeology we ?nd explanatory conclusions, especiallyprocessualevolutionarytransformations,andclimatechange-basedrise or collapse accounts, to have been reached too hastily, constituting more of a reading of material remains in terms of theoretical expectations than a rigorous interrogation of the archaeological record. |
Contents
Regional Patterns | 3 |
THE NORTH | 21 |
Introduction | 23 |
Americas First City? The Case of Late Archaic Carol | 28 |
Religious Warfare at Chankillo | 67 |
The VicusMochica Relationship | 85 |
Competitive Feasting Religious Pluralism and Decentralized Power in the Late Moche Period | 112 |
Northern Exposures RecuayCajamarca Boundaries and Interaction | 143 |
Redefining Plant Use at the Formative Site of Chiripa in the Southern Titicaca Basin | 258 |
Ritual and Society in Early Intermediate Period Ayacucho A View From the Site of Nawinpukyo | 279 |
Missing Links Imaginary Links Staff God Imagery in the South Andean Past | 307 |
Water Blood and Semen Signs of Life and Fertility in Nasca Art | 352 |
Burial Patterns and Sociopolitical Organization in Nasca 5 Society | 374 |
When and Where Did the Nasca Proliferous Style Emerge? | 401 |
Violence and Rural Lifeways at Two Peripheral Wari Sites in the Majes Valley of Southern Peru | 435 |
Suspension Bridges of the Inca Empire | 468 |
Chimu Craft Specialization and Political Economy A View from the Provinces | 171 |
THE SOUTH | 197 |
Introduction | 199 |
Early Village Society in the Formative Period in the Southern Lake Titicaca Basin | 210 |
The Emergence of Complex Society in the Titicaca Basin The View from the North | 237 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
altiplano Andean archaeological architecture Arequipa Arqueología Ayacucho Bennett Beringa Bolivia bridge burials Cahuachi Cajamarca camelid Caral Católica del Perú Central Andean ceramic ceremonial Cerro Chankillo Chávez Chavín Chimú Chiripa Chiripa phase chronology co-tradition colubrina complex Conchopata construction cultural decorated early Nasca edited elite evidence excavations Figure groups Hastorf head heartland highlands Huari Huarpa iconography icons Inca interaction Isbell Jequetepeque Kaulicke Knobloch Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca Basin Late Chiripa Late Moche Lima located Middle Formative Middle Horizon Moche Mochica motifs Nacional Nasca style Ñawinpukyo north coast northern Pampa de Burros pattern Period Peru Peruvian Piura platforms Plaza political population pottery prehistoric Press Profile Attendants proliferous Pucara Qaluyu quartet rays radiocarbon dates Recuay region religious Research ritual river Sector settlement social society southern Staff Staff God Stanish structures Supe Taraco Peninsula textiles Tiwanaku Tiwanaku-style tombs tradition University Valley vessels Vicús village walls Wari Yaya-Mama