Inka Administration of the Far South Coast of Peru

110

This is a critical review of regional settlement pattern archaeology published in the last decade. The regional approach proves to be highly productive of new ideas and lasting results. Cultural resource/heritage databases are increasingly important. Notable advances have been made in regional studies of Paleolithic and Holocene foragers, the reciprocal relations between Neolithic communities and their regional societies, and in understanding states and empires. There are new research potentials in comparisons, macroregional analysis, long-term change, and alternative pathways. Research designs should specify systematic coverage at the regional scale and carry out spatial analysis in which social groups are the primary focus.

Section: Warmentioning

confidence: 96%

Regional Settlement Pattern Studies

Kowalewski

2008

110

“…Tiwanaku influence was felt most strongly from the Arequipa area south, with welldemonstrated occupations in the mid-valley sections of the Osmore and Azapa Valleys and a more limited distribution of ceramics and textiles in lower valley sites (Bird 1946;Cardona Rosas 2002, pp. 84-85;Chacama 2004;Covey 2000;Focacci 1981;Goldstein 1995Goldstein /1996Goldstein , 2005Muñoz 1996;Owen 2005). The Wari and Tiwanaku states both established colonies in the Osmore Valley.…”

Section: Coastal Valleys Of Southern Peru and Northern Chilementioning

confidence: 98%

Multiregional Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Andes During the Late Intermediate Period (c. A.D. 1000–1400)

Covey

2008

Self Cite

103

During the Late Intermediate period (LIP, c. A.D. 1000-1400), the central Andes experienced the decline of the Wari and Tiwanaku states, as well as processes of state formation, regional population growth, and competition culminating in the imperial expansion of the Chimú and Inka polities. The LIP holds the potential to link the archaeological features of early Andean states with the material signatures of the later ones, providing a critical means of contextualizing the intergenerational continuities and breaks in state structures and imperial strategies. The recent proliferation of LIP research and the completion of a number of regional studies permit the overview of six LIP regions and the comparison of highland and lowland patterns of political and economic organization, social complexity, and group identity.

“…As a result, the chapters in this book present insightful analyses of Inka imperialism and its local effects. Other notable studies of Inka statecraft and provincial administration include Bauer (1998), Bauer and Covey (2002), Covey (2000Covey ( , 2003, D'Altroy et al (2000), Hayashida (1999), Matos (1994), and .…”

Section: Politiesmentioning

confidence: 98%

New World States and Empires: Politics, Religion, and Urbanism

Smith

Schreiber

2006

The past decade has seen a veritable explosion in archaeological research on complex societies in Latin America. In 1993, Smith published an overview of research to that date; this article is one of two bringing that summary up to the present. Our first article, New World states and empires: Economic and social organization (Smith and Schreiber, 2005), dealt with issues regarding economic and social organization. The present article tackles political organization and dynamics, religion, urbanism, and settlement patterns. We also review recent research in the context of various theoretical perspectives, some traditional, some more contemporary, including approaches to history and process, cultural evolution, agency-based models, linguistic prehistory, migration theory, and the relationship between environmental change and cultural events. Our discussion blends empirical findings, methodological advances, and theoretical perspectives.