Construction, labor organization, and feasting during the Late Archaic Period in the Central Andes

Sara-Lafosse, Rafael Vega-Centeno

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2006.07.002

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“…Figs. 3.1-3.3), Hastorf and Johannessen (1993), Tomlinson (2006, p. 10); see also Arthur (2003), Clarke (2001), de Garine (1996, Sara-Lafosse (2007), Simoons and Simoons (1968), Zimon (1992) Use of special locations…”

Section: Food and Drinkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Maize beer, or chicha, is a key component of central Andean feasting, and has been for centuries (Hastorf and Johannessen, 1993;Jennings et al, 2005;Sara-Lafosse, 2007). Sixteenth-century chroniclers note that at great Inka feasts, ''food was plentiful but not elaborate, [and] the real business was the serving and drinking of large amounts of chicha" (Hastorf and Johannessen, 1993, p. 118).…”

Section: Public Ritualsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Transformations in an early agricultural society: Feasting in the southern Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic

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Transformations in an early agricultural society: Feasting in the southern Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic

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Building Mound A at Poverty Point, Louisiana: Monumental Public Architecture, Ritual Practice, and Implications for Hunter‐Gatherer Complexity

Ortmann

Kidder

2012

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Hunter‐gatherer societies are often characterized by limited complexity and social equality. Therefore, the construction of monumental architecture by hunter‐gatherers is seen as the manifestation of social and political inequality. The massive size and rapid construction of Mound A at Poverty Point (ca. 3261 cal. yr B.P.) in northeast Louisiana challenges these notions. Geoarchaeological investigations of stratigraphy at the macro‐ and micro‐levels shows there are no erosion events, natural episodes of soil formation, or cultural stages. We infer from these results that Mound A was constructed by a large labor force over a short period of time. There is no evidence, however, that the mound was constructed under the aegis of a ranked socio‐political system. We argue instead that the mound was constructed as a ritual feature and that leadership required to mobilize labor and resources was situational and emerged through ritual practice that developed because of the need to integrate a large population.

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Feast, Food, and Drink on a Paracas Platform, Chincha Valley, Southern Coastal Peru

Tantaleán

Rodríguez

2020

The Latin American Studies Book Series

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Construction, labor organization, and feasting during the Late Archaic Period in the Central Andes

Cited by 35 publications

References 22 publications

Transformations in an early agricultural society: Feasting in the southern Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic

Transformations in an early agricultural society: Feasting in the southern Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic

Building Mound A at Poverty Point, Louisiana: Monumental Public Architecture, Ritual Practice, and Implications for Hunter‐Gatherer Complexity

Feast, Food, and Drink on a Paracas Platform, Chincha Valley, Southern Coastal Peru

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