Beyond Borders at the End of a Millennium: Life in the Western Andes circa 500–50 BCE
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Beyond Borders at the End of a Millennium: Life in the Western Andes circa 500–50 BCE" at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Borders and boundaries—political, temporal, environmental, stylistic—have shaped the trajectory of Andean archaeology. While archaeologists seek to communicate beyond such boundaries, the late Early Horizon/Final Formative (ca. 500/400–200/50 BCE) remains a period in Andean history in which geographic boundaries continue to shape dialogue. This session moves beyond the invisible boundaries and opens dialogue across western South America. The only boundary suggested for this session is to address contexts dating to part of the ca. 500/400–200/50 BCE date range. Generally, findings on this time range have identified intensification of trade, exchange, and migration; marked differences in food patterns, metallurgy, and craft work (beyond gold); increased fortifications; and the emergence of social inequality. This session seeks to move beyond relationships with / events following the collapse of Chavín. It is productive to identify what groups shared across the Andes to truly appreciate their local differences and what those differences mean for the trajectory of Andean history. This session brings archaeologists of various regions, specialties, and countries together to explore the commonalities and differences beyond temporal, political, environmental, and stylistic boundaries to have regionally robust dialogue.
Other Keywords
Andes: Early Horizon •
Andes: Formative •
Architecture •
Landscape Archaeology •
Ceramic Analysis •
Bioarchaeology/Skeletal Analysis •
Geoarchaeology •
Chronology •
Dating Techniques •
Survey
Geographic Keywords
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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After Monumentality: The Late Paracas Component at the Site of Campanayuq Rumi in the Peruvian South-Central Highlands (2024)
Agricultural Life and Socioeconomic Dependencies in the Western Andes of Southern Peru during the Second Half of the First Millennium BCE (2024)
Conociendo a los Paracas del Valle de Chincha a Partir de la Cerámica Doméstica: El Caso de Pozuelo (Costa Sur del Perú), durante el Horizonte Temprano (500-200 aC) (2024)
Life and Death after Chavín: A Comparative Mortuary and Bioarchaeological Analysis of Salinar from the Perspective of José Olaya–La Iglesia (Huanchaco, Moche Valley) (2024)
Paracas Medio en el valle bajo de Ica, una perspectiva desde el sitio arqueológico Ánimas Bajas (2024)