South America: Andes (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michele Koons.

This is an abstract from the "Life on the Edge: Investigations in the Department of Piura, the “Extreme North” of the Central Andes, Peru" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Piura region in far northern Peru burst into the spotlight with the looting of sites that produced a dazzling new ceramic style and intricate metalwork that set the art market abuzz. These artifacts, later dubbed Vicus and Frîas, were named...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Patrick Mullins.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. From May to August 2024, members of the Carabamba Archaeological Research Project (CARP) conducted drone surveys and surface collections at the five largest ancient settlements in the Carabamba Plateau of northern Peru (Cerro Sulcha, Cerro Shamana, Cerro Cuidista, Cerro Paredones-Amarro, and Cerro Quinga). Surface collections at these settlements produced...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rafael Segura Llanos.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Central Andes saw a long and complex development of prehistoric urban life. Although considerable progress has been made in understanding this process, our assessment is still very fragmentary due to the lack of key data on centers that appear to have been pivotal at the regional scale. In this paper, I examine Cajamarquilla, a site (> 100 ha) on the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Brown.

This is an abstract from the "New Advances in Cusco Archaeology: From the Formative to the Late Horizon" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Rumiqolqa quarry is well known as the main source of stone for some of the most impressive Inka constructions, however the quarry's use prior to the Late Horizon is less understood. During her excavations at the Formative site of Marcavalle, Mohr-Chavez hypothesized that the andesite used to make flaked tools...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kelly Moss.

This is an abstract from the "Scaling New Heights: Recent Advances in Andean Zooarchaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The prehispanic Arequipa region of southern Peru was renowned for its vast camelid herds, but the exact modes of pastoral economies varied between elevations, sites, and periods. This paper examines the extent of reliance on camelids at Uyo Uyo, a significant multicomponent settlement located in the Colca Valley (Arequipa,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kylie Quave.

This is an abstract from the "New Advances in Cusco Archaeology: From the Formative to the Late Horizon" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Presentamos una comparación de dos sitios de la región al noroeste de Cusco, capital eventual del imperio Inca. El sitio de Yunkaray por la pampa de Maras y el sitio de Machuqolqa cerca a Chinchero fueron ocupados durante los siglos XIV a XV durante el supuesto periodo de desarrollo imperial de los Incas en la...

DOCUMENT Citation Only E. Williams Franco Chávez.

This is an abstract from the "New Advances in Cusco Archaeology: From the Formative to the Late Horizon" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Presentamos los resultados de los trabajos de prospección y análisis de cerámica del Periodo Intermedio Tardío, desarrollados en el sitio Isqomoqo, ubicado en la parte oeste del Valle Sagrado. Este periodo es asociado al estilo decorativo Killke y a menudo los investigadores han identificado este estilo en...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Yanet Villacorta Oviedo.

This is an abstract from the "New Advances in Cusco Archaeology: From the Formative to the Late Horizon" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Las sociedades anteriores a los incas tuvieron conocimiento en la producción cerámica, cada cual con un estilo particular, siendo el caso del estilo cerámico de Matagua. Arqueológicamente se tiene la presencia de los estilos Killke, Lucre, Colcha. Los rasgos de diseño y morfología son similares y varían en...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alejandra Vidal-Elgueta.

This is an abstract from the "Materialidades, representaciones, vegetales y animales del mundo Colonial de Andinoamérica y Mesoamérica" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The archaeobotanical studies in Tarapacá, Northern Chile, have mainly focused on pre-Hispanic plants like maize, potatoes, and quinoa. Hence, the study of plants introduced during the post-Inca period (from the 16th century onwards) has been limited. These new plants, brought from...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nino Vadick Del Solar Velarde.

This is an abstract from the "New Advances in Cusco Archaeology: From the Formative to the Late Horizon" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In this research, a highly representative sample of ceramics (n=80) from the archaeological site of Isla Chico at the Historic Sanctuary of Machupicchu (corresponding to pre-Hispanic pottery from the Formative, Early Intermediate, Middle Horizon, Late Intermediate and Late Horizon periods) has been characterized...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emanuela Rudnicka.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Although Peruvian basketry remains unexplored, recent investigations at Castillo de Huarmey offer insights into this ancient craft. Dating back to the Middle Horizon (600-1000 AD), the site served as a multifaceted locus, encompassing administrative, religious, and funerary functions for Wari culture. In 2012, the site yielded the burials of numerous...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Silvana Rosenfeld.

This is an abstract from the "Scaling New Heights: Recent Advances in Andean Zooarchaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In this paper, I will present some of the zooarchaeological material recovered in the last two seasons of excavations at La Banda sector in Chavin de Huantar. La Banda appears to have different areas, including a workshop, multi-purpose rooms, and a recently discovered large-stone long platform. Bone tools, decorated bone...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sadie Weber.

This is an abstract from the "Scaling New Heights: Recent Advances in Andean Zooarchaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Faunal analysis in the Andes, while not without its own unique challenges, forms the foundation on which much of our understanding of Andean economy and ecology is based. Once thought to be a practice limited to the high Andes, it is now largely accepted that camelid pastoralism became a prominent practice at low altitudes...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jose Nuñez.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The relationship between the Inkas and the Amazonia was complex. Although the Inka elite often depicted the Amazonian peoples as “savages”, many of the resources necesary in their ritual and social life actually originated in the Amazon. This fact, coupled with an expansionist ideology, led to numerous military campaigns eastward. These campaigns...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Maria Isabel Guevara-Duque.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This presentation showcases results from research on the metallurgical traditions of the Yaguachi chiefdom, a regional polity within the Milagro-Quevedo society that thrived in the Guayas Basin, Ecuador, between 400 and 1400 CE. Despite the region's apparent lack of local metal sources, the presence of copper alloys and other metals in burial sites...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Genesis Torres Morales.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Chimú (AD 900-1470) at Huacas de Moche (HDM) on the northern coast of Peru offer a unique opportunity to study growth patterns due to the presence of individuals who lived long enough for stress indicators to become apparent in their bones. This is crucial for examining the long-term impacts of environmental and social stressors on skeletal...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Efrain Arroyo.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Tumi de Oro, a gold ceremonial knife with an anthropomorphic figure created by the Middle Sicán culture (AD 900–1100) of northern Peru, is an emblematic artifact of prehispanic Peru and a national symbol of contemporary Peru, a symbol of pride and identity, representing peruanidad. The Tumi de Oro is a ubiquitous symbol, permeating Peru, from art to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah Noe.

This is an abstract from the "Scaling New Heights: Recent Advances in Andean Zooarchaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Camelids, recognized as the sole large-bodied domesticate of the Americas, were central to Andean societies, playing a crucial role in their economic, symbolic, and religious systems. The domestication of Andean camelids challenges conventional domestication models, which predominantly focus on Eurasian species. The distinct...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Erika Robles.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Looting is a significant issue in archaeology, particularly in the Andes, where it has led to the decontextualization of numerous archaeological artifacts. This paper presents a case study on an Andean figurine dressed in beautiful textiles that was donated to the Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in 1940. The figurine and its textiles...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Valentine Wauters.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Cañari culture from the pre-Hispanic period covered a large territory in the Ecuadorian Andes (in the provinces of Cañar, Azuay and surrounding areas). The Royal Museums of Art and History of Brussels house about forty objects from this important and complex cultural group. For several months now, a spotlight has been put on this diversified...

DOCUMENT Citation Only José L. Peña.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Santo Domingo site comprises a funerary area and a small adobe platform. This site is located on a hillside to the west of El Campanario site which was occupied during the beginning of the Late Intermediate Period. Unfortunately, most of the sites of Santo Domingo had been damaged by modern looting, and various types of archaeological artifacts,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah Kennedy.

This is an abstract from the "Scaling New Heights: Recent Advances in Andean Zooarchaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Following the collapse of the Tiwanaku state in the 11th c. CE, some Tiwanaku-affiliated communities moved to the coastal valleys of southern Peru to establish new settlements. While not much is known about this period immediately following political collapse, coastal migrants adapted to the temperate climate and hyperarid...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel Contreras.

This is an abstract from the "Social Dynamics in the North Highlands of Peru during the Formative Period: Pacopampa project’s Contribution for Understanding the Early Complex Societies in the Andes" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Even after nearly a century of research into the relationships between the monumental centers of the Middle Formative Period in the Central Andes, chronological precision remains as elusive as it is fundamental to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peiyu Chen.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Virú Valley is significant in archaeological history for being the place for the first systematic regional survey and settlement pattern study in the 1940s. Although archaeological investigations in the Virú Valley have remained relatively quiet since then, recent works in the sierra and middle valley areas have begun to change this situation. This...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Patricia Ayala.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper seeks to reflect on the definitions and application of collaborative methodologies in archaeology. We highlight the contributions of collaborative and indigenous archaeologies to generate knowledge based on joint efforts, which considers local perspectives as well as having a potential to benefit processes of community interest. In the specific...