Traditional Pottery of Raqch'i, Cuzco, Peru: A Preliminary Study of Its Production, Distribution, and Consumption

Chávez, Karen L. Mohr

doi:10.1179/naw.1984.22-23.1.005

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“…The material correlates for a ceramic workshop include raw materials, manufacturing facilities and tools, and by-products (Arnold 1993; Chávez 1984–1985; Hayashida 1999; Sillar 1996). At least two out of the three of these categories must be present to argue for in situ production.…”

Section: Evidence For Inka Ceramic Productionmentioning

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“…Waster sherds were abundant ( n = 606), as were sherds fused with lumps of slag. Dried dung, grasses, and straw fueled this type of firing set-up, while wood was a less preferred option (Chávez 1984–1985). Organic fuel remains were recovered in and around the firing pit and middens, including grasses, cacti, sedges, and flowering plants.…”

Section: Evidence For Inka Ceramic Productionmentioning

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Imperial-Style Ceramic Production on a Royal Estate in the Inka Heartland (Cuzco, Peru)

Quave¹

2017

Latin Am. antiq.

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Horizontal excavations at the large Inka heartland village of Cheqoq (Maras, Cuzco, Peru) revealed the remains of a ceramic workshop where imperial-style vessels were produced (AD 1400–1530s). Cheqoq was a multiethnic settlement of forcibly migrated retainer laborers working for the noble lineage of the Inka ruler, Wayna Qhapaq. Production of imperial-style pottery in a small workshop associated with a royal lineage indicates that the heartland craft economy was not centralized in the urban Cuzco capital. The material remains of in situ production—raw materials, manufacturing facilities, tools, and by-products—provide a baseline for comparing other Inka pottery assemblages to this production locus.

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Section: Evidence For Inka Ceramic Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Evidence For Inka Ceramic Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Imperial-Style Ceramic Production on a Royal Estate in the Inka Heartland (Cuzco, Peru)

Quave¹

2017

Latin Am. antiq.

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Pots, Politics, and Power

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Glowacki

The Archaeology and Politics of Food and Feasting in Early States and Empires

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Genealogies and Juxtapositions: Traces of Potting Communities and Firing Facilities in Lake Titicaca Basin

Roddick

Cuynet²

2020

J Archaeol Method Theory

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In this paper, we develop a genealogy of practice approach for the historical analysis and comparison of Andean ceramic firing. This effort was set in motion by the similarity of two sets of ash mounds observed in the Lake Titicaca Basin of Bolivia, one modern and one from the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1100-1450). We eschew an ethnoarchaeological perspective in favor of considering their position within a longer genealogy of potting practice. We argue that a genealogical perspective foregrounds ephemeral evidence that is often ignored in dominant narratives, highlights the emergent nature of practices, and draws attention to subject formation across generations. We examine the extant data for pottery firing in the region, drawing out the genealogy of practices involved in firing facilities and subject formation from the Formative Period (1500 B.C. -A.D. 450) through the present. We then return to the ash mounds, juxtaposing the practices and archaeological traces to consider their historical emergences. These two approaches allow us to begin to map out the particularities of Lake Titicaca Basin production locales and to pose new questions of the social relations associated with ceramic firing contexts.

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Traditional Pottery of Raqch'i, Cuzco, Peru: A Preliminary Study of Its Production, Distribution, and Consumption

Cited by 17 publications

References 1 publication

Imperial-Style Ceramic Production on a Royal Estate in the Inka Heartland (Cuzco, Peru)

Imperial-Style Ceramic Production on a Royal Estate in the Inka Heartland (Cuzco, Peru)

Pots, Politics, and Power

Genealogies and Juxtapositions: Traces of Potting Communities and Firing Facilities in Lake Titicaca Basin

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