Middle Horizon Period (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Justin Jennings. Giles Spence-Morrow. Felipe McQueen. Willy Yépez Álvarez.

During the Middle Horizon (AD 650-1050), the site of Quilcapampa la Antiqua in the Sihuas Valley of southern Peru grew from a small village into a major political center. This chapter considers how the growth of Quilcapampa was linked in part to the experiences of people passing through this location. Drawing on Alfred Gell’s idea of “technologies of enchantment”, we examine how the site’s associated geoglyphs, petroglyphs, and pathways marked and gave meaning to a place already ritually charged...