Political Landscapes of the Late Intermediate Period in the Southern Andes
The Pukaras and Their Hinterlands
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Beschreibung
This book studies the relationship between pukaras and their surrounding landscape, focusing on the architectural and settlement variability registered in both contexts. It is the outcome of a symposium held at the XIX National Congress of Argentine Archaeology (San Miguel de Tucuman, August 8–12, 2016) entitled, "Pukaras, strategic settlements and dispersed settlements: Political landscapes of the Late Intermediate Period in the Southern Andes." Based on the topics discussed at the event, this book presents nine case studies covering a large geographic area within the Southern Andes (northwestern Argentina, northern Chile and southern Bolivia), and breaking the national barriers that tend to atomize pre-Hispanic landscapes.
The respective chapters cover a wide range of themes: from architectural and settlement variability, ways to build and inhabit space, social segmentation and hierarchy; to endemic conflict, analysis of accessibility and visibility, spatiality and temporality of landscapes; as well as new dating. This book goes beyond the Late Intermediate Period (LIP) analyses from the perspective of fortified settlements and material evidence related to war, by placing the focus on how ancient political landscapes were constructed from the relation between the pukaras and other sites as part of the same territory.
The methodologies used include pedestrian surveys, photogrammetric surveys with UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) or drones, topographic and architectural surveys, excavations of households, ceramic and rock art analysis, and spatial analysis with geographic information systems (GISs). Given the numerous thematic interconnections between the contributions, the Editors have organized the chapters geographically, moving from south to north: from the southern valleys of Catamarca Province in Argentina to Lipez in the southern part of the Bolivian Altiplano, passing through the Calchaqui valleys of Catamarca, the puna and Quebrada de Humahuaca of Jujuy in northwest Argentina and the Antofagasta region in northern Chile.
The book provides valuable new theoretical and methodological perspectives on the study of political landscapes of the Late Intermediate Period in the Southern Andes .
Focuses on the Pukaras, the stone hillforts of the Inka Empire and surrounding nations
Covers large portions of the South American Highlands (Altiplano)
With contributions from authors from over 15 research institutes in different countries, both renowned senior researchers and young researchers, presenting new perspectives in the field of Andean archaeology
Focuses on the pukaras - the stone hill forts of the Inca Empire - and surrounding nations Covers large portions of the South American Highlands (Altiplano) Includes contributions by authors from over 15 research institutes in different countries, both prominent senior researchers and young researchers, and shares new perspectives on the field of Andean archaeology
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Alina Álvarez Larrain
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political landscape of pukaras Regional Dynamics and Conflict Strategic Settlements Pukara in the landscape Altiplano Central Andean Landscapes Architectural settlement in the LIP LIP hilltop sites lip settlement in altiplano latin american politics