State Control of Production and Distribution of Inka-Style Pottery in the Southern Border of Tawantinsuyu (Inka State)

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This study aims to identify the nature and degree of state control over the production and distribution of Inka-style ceramics in Aconcagua Valley and Maipo-Mapocho basin (Central Chile) during the Late Period (AD 1400–1536) and what role the Diaguita may have played in this process. The analysis focuses mainly on aríbalos and shallow plates, in relation to restricted vessels, and bowls of local styles from the Late Intermediate period (AD 1000–1400), as well as Diaguita and new non-Inka manifestations. The ceramics are characterized from the technological perspective of the chaîne opératoire, including the preparation and source of pigments and changes in firing. Analyses carried out at different scales, includes macro-traces (manufacturing traces), thin-section petrography, and compositional analyses (pXRF, XRD, SEM-EDS and LA-ICP-MS). Preliminary results are presented, focusing on identifying continuities and changes in production and distribution between periods and valleys, evaluating the influence of the Inka state, foreign specialists (Diaguitas) and local agencies.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36295.0