Entangled Encounters between the Chancay and Chaupiyunginos in the Huanangue Valley, Peru

Summary

This paper builds off of recent calls to re-evaluate Murra’s model of verticality and explores the utility of entanglement theory as an alternative way to understanding the different relationships that developed between groups living on the western slopes of the Peruvian Andes during the Late Intermediate Period (1100-1470 CE). Entanglement theory is increasingly being used in Old World archaeology to examine the complex types of interdependencies that develop between groups when exotic goods are inserted into local systems of value (Dietler 2010). Recent data from the Huanangue Valley suggests that similar processes may have occurred between the Chancay and chaupiyunginos during the Late Intermediate Period, however the mechanisms through which entanglement occurred in the valley are still being defined. This paper will examine botanic and faunal data from excavation at the sites of Campo Libre and Salitre in conjunction with least cost path analysis in order to reconstruct the dynamics of interaction between the Chancay and Huanangue valleys and to show that the Chancay settlers living in the Huanangue Valley were doubly entangled as they were dependent upon local chaupiyunginos for access to irrigation water as well as on their coastal counterparts for access to peanuts and marine resources.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• Entangled Encounters in the Central Andes: Process, Outcome and Legacy

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