Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu

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 "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Empire of the Incas in a short period of time extended from Ecuador to Argentina, conquering more than a hundred ethnic groups of different and unequal social and economic organization. It is from the incorporation of these groups to the Empire that Inca-style ceramics begin to appear alongside with vibrant local pottery traditions. Recent research in various provinces has revealed the variation of the Inca provincial styles, and the different ways in which Cuzqueño Inca Imperial styles were adopted and adapted by competing social segments. It is also striking that traditional Inca Cuzco styles are nearly absent in some areas, despite the marked presence of imperial infrastructure. The present symposium seeks to explore, through cases from different regions of the Tawantinsuyu, the characteristics of the pottery we call "Inca," its variability, and spatial distribution. We will also explore wider processes of production, distribution and exchange of these different materials in order to tease out the complex relations between the Inca imperial core and the surrounding provinces, and the agency of imperial, provincial and local segments.

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  • Advances in Mineral Characterization of the Late Horizon Pottery from Incahuasi, Cañete (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Alejandro Chu.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In this paper I will present preliminary results from the materials excavated of the Incahuasi site located at the middle Cañete valley. Research suggests that this portion of the valley, an area stretching from Caltopa at the low-mid valley to Pacaran at the upper-mid valley, was an Inca province...

  • Aryballos, Bowls, and Bolas: Examining the Distribution of Provincial Inka-Style Pottery in the Threatened Borderland Region of the Valles Cruceños (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Warren.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As the violent threat posed by the marauding Chiriguanos emerged in the terminal decades of Tawantinsuyu, the Inkas and their local allies made a concerted push to turn the southeastern imperial frontier into a strategically fortified zone and enhance their ability to repel the lowland invaders....

  • Circulación de Cerámica en Tiempos del Inca: Aportes del Norte de Chile (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Mauricio Uribe.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A mediados de 1970 surgió la conocida discusión si el dominio incaico en el norte de Chile había sido directo o indirecto, a partir de la aplicación que se hizo del modelo sobre la "verticalidad" andina de John Murra. De acuerdo con esta propuesta, la situación se dirimía en términos de que cuán...

  • Comparative Analysis of Imperial Inca Pottery from Ecuador using INAA (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Tamara Bray. Leah Minc.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. An enduring question in Inca archaeology concerns the issue of imperial pottery production. Inca ceramics, which are found across an enormous expanse of Andean South America, are known for their high degree of uniformity in vessel form, proportionality, and embellishment. How did the Inca manage the...

  • Did Skilled Local Potters Emulate Inka Polychrome Ceramic Style and Pottery Paste? Code Declassification Through Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Veronica Williams. Calogero Santoro.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Based on Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA), we tried to decode Inka polychrome ceramics from northern Chile valleys, traditionally assumed of having been introduced by the Inka State from the Lake Titicaca region (more than 500 km away). The results show that these conspicuous Inka...

  • Factional Ceramic Economies in the Inka Imperial Heartland (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kylie Quave.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Inka ceramic workshops have been identified in many Inka provinces, but the process of making and disseminating Inka pottery in the imperial heartland of Cuzco has been largely unknown until recently. Previously, scholars assumed Inka pottery was made in state-sponsored workshops near the urban...

  • Geometric Morphometric Perspectives on Vessel Shape Hybridity in Inka-Chimú Ceramics (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only R. Alan Covey. Robert Selden. Astrid Runggaldier. Nicole Payntar.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Inka conquest of the Chimú Empire on what is today the north coast of Peru brought a region with well-established economic and political practices under the rule of a highland polity that developed under distinct social and ecological conditions. Many aspects of Inka rule in Chimú territory were...

  • Inka Provincialism and the Empire: Commensalism and Social Agency (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sonia Alconini.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As a multiethnic empire, the Inkas maintained varying forms of relations with the provinces and outllying frontier regions. To maintain control, state power was often materialized in state architecture, prestige materials and standardized ceramic styles disseminating the imperial ideology. Despite...

  • La Cerámica Inka en Vilcashuamán: Hacia el Análisis de sus Estilos (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Diana Carhuanina.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. La cerámica Inka en Vilcashuamán: Hacia el análisis de sus estilos En el marco del Proyecto del Tramo Vilcashuamán-La Centinela (Qhapac Ñan-Sede Nacional) desde el año 2017 se vienen realizando investigaciones arqueológicas en la Zona Monumental Vilcashuamán (Ayacucho, Perú), interviniéndose con...

  • Reconsidering the Imperial Subjects of the Southern Collasuyu: Commensality and Agency in Northern Chile (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Francisco Garrido.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As in other parts of the empire, Inca pottery in the southern provinces portrays a mix of Cuzco and local designs. Inca aryballos, plates, and jars incorporated local styles, just as local pots incorporated Inca styles. However, does the presence of Inca style always indicate imperial control? How...

  • Reconstructing the Chaîne Opératoire of Inka and Local Pottery from Pachcamac, Peru Using Compositional Analyses and X-Radiography (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only James Davenport. Marie-Claude Boileau.

    This is an abstract from the "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery Production, Distribution and Exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In the Inka Empire (Tawantinsuyu), Inka polychrome pottery was used for state-sponsored purposes. This pottery was not produced solely in the imperial core and distributed to provincial contexts, but rather was produced by a diverse range of potters recruited from subject populations across the...