Quilcapampa and Points of Convergence in Middle Horizon Arequipa: Faunal Evidence for Extensive Interregional Interaction

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Wari and the Far Peruvian South Coast: Final Results of Excavations in Quilcapampa" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Quilcapampa was an important point of convergence for communities from around the southern Andean region with these people and/or their material culture suggesting extensive interregional interaction. The zooarchaeological work conducted on the vertebrate remains from Quilcapampa will be presented in this paper. The presence of camelids (llamas and alpacas) dominate the proportion of species identified. The skeletal elements used in the various parts of the site along with the age of camelid remains will be discussed in detail. There are multiple examples of pathologies along the toes of these animals that indicate habitual, long-distance movement was part of the life histories of these animal groups. The few bird remains that were identified suggest both coastal and local opportunistic hunting, which supports additional evidence from mollusk analysis demonstrating coastal materials were extracted and were brought to Quilcapampa. The zooarchaeological work conducted on this project is another important line of evidence to clarify the role and occupational history of Quilcapampa at the time of growing Wari influence in the region.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Wari and the Far Peruvian South Coast: Final Results of Excavations in Quilcapampa   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23005