Wari and the Far Peruvian South Coast: Final Results of Excavations in Quilcapampa

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Wari and the Far Peruvian South Coast: Final Results of Excavations in Quilcapampa," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

From 2014-2016, survey and excavations were conducted in and around the ninth century AD site of Quilcapampa la Antigua in the Sihuas Valley of far southern Peru. The goals of this international research project were to identify the relationship between the site’s founders and the Wari state, as well as to ascertain how the site was connected to local and regional populations. This session brings together material specialists of the project to discuss the final results of our data analyses. In addition, we will discuss Quilcapampa’s position in relation to the networks of trails that surround the pampa, as well as the ritual significance of the particular place where the site was founded. Presentations will detail the architectural, pottery, botanical, and faunal assemblages collected during the project, and relate these data to the various communities and interaction networks that came together at Quilcapampa. Our analyses suggest that Wari-affiliated settlers likely founded the short-lived site, but there is little evidence to suggest that these settlers came to establish an administrative settlement to annex the region into an expanding Wari Empire.

Other Keywords
Andes: Middle Horizon • Paleoethnobotany • Colonialism • Architecture • Zooarchaeology • Mobility • Pastoralism • Ceramic Analysis • Interregional Interaction • imperialism

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Republic of Peru (Country) • Republic of Panama (Country) • Republic of Colombia (Country) • Netherlands Antilles (Country) • Aruba (Country) • Republic of Ecuador (Country) • Republic of Chile (Country) • South America (Continent) • South America: Andes

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  • An Analysis of Botanical Remains from the Site of Quilcapampa (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Biwer.

    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. This paper presents the results of the recovery and identification of plant remains from the site of Quilcapampa La Antigua. Located in the Department of Arequipa, Peru, Quilcapampa provides evidence of cultural material associated with the Wari Empire (AD 600-1000). This presentation focuses on the plant...

  • Architectural Contexts in Quilcapampa (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Luis Manuel Gonzalez La Rosa.

    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. This paper will briefly discuss the architecture at Quilcapampa, with particular emphasis on possible patio groups at the site. We discuss these groups, the contexts found in the rooms, and the access patterns between spaces. The site appears to be arranged around a principal asymmetric plaza, with...

  • Caminos del Horizonte Medio en Arequipa:Paisaje como un espacio socialmente constituido (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Willy Yepez Alvarez.

    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. Presentamos los caminos que durante el Horizonte Medio integraron al valle de Siguas, Vitor, Majes y Ocoña dentro de una dinámica de estudio de la visibilidad y ritualidad espacial. Para ello tomamos con ejemplo de discusión el sitio de Quilcapampa La Antigua, valle de Siguas, Arequipa, Perú. La...

  • Estilo Cerámicos del Horizonte Medio en Quilcapampa (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Oscar Huamán López.

    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. Excavaciones arqueológicas en el sitio de Quilcapampa. Arequipa, dieron como resultado el hallazgo de fragmentos cerámicos del Horizonte Medio cuya iconografía y estilos tienen estrecha relación con la cultura Wari, el hallazgo incluye a formas de vasijas y diseños de la época 1B y 2A (estilos Chakipampa,...

  • Estudios de las especies de moluscos en Quilcapampa La Antigua. (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Patricia Quiñonez.

    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. El sitio arqueológico de Quilcapampa se ubica en la margen derecha del valle medio del rio Sihuas al sur de Perú. Los datos recuperados durante dos temporadas de campo lo ubican cronológicamente en el Horizonte Medio, asociándolo directamente a la cultura Wari, evidenciando actividades específicas, entre...

  • New Starch Grain Results and a Synthetic Approach to Foodways at Quilcapampa La Antigua (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Mallory Melton. Matthew Biwer.

    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. The mundane and commensal foodways of Wari and Wari-influenced peoples is a burgeoning area of interest that has the potential to illuminate various aspects of Wari identity. The Middle Horizon period was a particularly turbulent time in terms of identity politics. The establishment of Wari satellite...

  • The Petroglyphs of Quilcapampa la Antigua (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Giles Spence-Morrow. Stephen Berquist.

    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. The site of Quilcapampa la Antigua is hypothesized by Jennings et al. (in press) to be a "moving place", strongly associated with roads leading up out of the valley bottom onto the pampa above. As the roads near the site, they pass beneath white sandstone cliffs. The visually striking cliff face is...

  • Quilcapampa and Points of Convergence in Middle Horizon Arequipa: Faunal Evidence for Extensive Interregional Interaction (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Aleksa Alaica.

    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...

  • Understanding Quilcapampa (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Justin Jennings.

    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. As the papers in this session have demonstrated, the site of Quilcapampa La Antigua in a previously isolated region of southern Peru is notable for its long-distance connections, strong Wari influence, and brief occupation during the tenth century AD. In this closing paper on our excavations, I want to...