Consumption patterns and funerary rituals at the site of Panquilma, Lurin Valley, Peruvian Central Coast
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)
According to ethnohistoric sources, during the Late Intermediate and Late Horizon Periods, social landscape in the Lurin valley was dominated by the coastal religious center of Pachacamac. This session will discuss the role of Panquilma, a rural community located 20 km up valley from Pachacamac, in the social organization of the Lurin valley during these periods. Special emphasis will be placed in addressing the nature of the relationship between Panquilma and the religious center. To this end, papers in this session will present the results of the analyses of different types of materials such as botanic remains, animal bones, ceramics, and textiles, excavated during the 2015 field season at the site. Based on this information we will propose the existence of well-defined intra site consumption patterns and activities, including the profuse performance of funerary rituals.
Other Keywords
Panquilma •
Ideology •
andes •
Ritual •
Zooarchaeology •
Metals •
domestic •
Society •
archaeobotany •
Peru
Geographic Keywords
South America
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Analysis of animal bones in Panquilma and their relation with domestic and ritual spaces (2016)
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During Late periods, the use of domestic animals as camelids and guinea pigs were part of a fiscalized economic system which allowed a better management of faunal resource for consumption. These animal species also had a symbolic meaning in the Andean cosmovision that led them to be used in ritual spaces, along with another animals as canids, amphibians, deers, birds and felines. In this study we showed the results of the analysis made on the bone assemblage recovered from the site of Panquilma....
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The Enigmatic Structure at Panquilma on the Central Coast of Peru: Site of Funerary Bundle Preparation or Ancestor Cult? (2016)
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During the summer of 2015 a puzzling structure was excavated in the cemetery at Panquilma, a major Ychsma settlement on the Peruvian central coast. Upon first glance this structure appeared to have a layout of a household structure but was located near the outskirts of the cemetery, far from the residential center of the site. A wide array of unusual items such as an abundance of metal fragments, colorful bird feathers, orpiment, an arsenic-bearing yellowish mineral used as a pigment, and lithic...
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Nectandra sp. seed from archaeological contexts in Panquilma. An approach based on morphological features and contextual information (2016)
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One of the main socioeconomic characteristics during the late periods is the high and dynamic presence of exchange of foreign goods, many of them coming from the amazon basin, including Nectandra sp., a seed with psychoactive properties, characteristic of moist woodlands, associated with offerings and funerary contexts in the Andean region. This study presents the preliminary analysis of Nectandra sp., including physical and chemical properties, such as the pharmacological features mentioned in...
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Panquilma’s Architecture: Ideologies involved in the construction process (2016)
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This paper explores the ideologies involved in the process of building structures utilized by people of elite and non-elite statuses. The 2015 excavations of compounds at Panquilma revealed a range of domestic and ritual activities. The data recorded suggest that local craft production was embedded in particular religious meanings and/or status paraphernalia related to specific pre-Columbian Late Intermediate Period societies. The association of destruction and regeneration of materials, seen in...
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The role of Botanicals in the Hierarchy of Panquilma (2016)
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In this paper, through botanical analysis, I will reconstruct the environmental consumption patterns in the Lurin valley during the Late Intermediate Period. To this end we will compare botanical remains from each of the three sectors of the site. In particular, I will compare the botanical remains from ritual and domestic contexts, to seek ideas related to hierarchy, identity and power on the role of women.
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The role of metals in Ychsma society: A case study of Panquilma (2016)
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In this paper I present a study of the role of metals at Panquilma site during the Ychsma phase (c. AD 1000-1470). Although metals were found in all three sectors at Panquilma (ceremonial, residential, and mortuary), the largest collection was from Sector 3, the burial area. Some mummy bundles were found in Sector 2, but they contain far fewer metals compared to the burial area. Similarly, very few metals were found in ritual or ceremonial contexts in Sector 1. It is widely accepted that metals...
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Stringing it Together: An Examination of Shell and Stone Beads at Panquilma (2016)
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The presences of different type of artifacts, especially shell and stone beads, have often been used to discuss these inter-regional trade networks. In this paper I will discuss and try to identify some of these regional networks and the importance of exchange within these local networks. I examine whether elaborate grave goods are displays of wealth or whether they might represent ritual paraphernalia. I discuss the nature of incipient status inequality.