Landscape and Social Organization during the Late Intermediate and Late Horizon Periods in the Lower Lurin Valley, Peruvian Central Coast

Summary

This paper explores the relationship between population fluctuation and changes in sociopolitical organization at the community and regional level. There is consensus among researchers that the Lurin valley during the late intermediate and late horizon periods experienced drastic sociopolitical changes. The nature of these changes has been attributed to the Inka invasion of this region around 1460 AD and was mainly characterized by either the transformation or abandonment of local public buildings. However there is almost no information about how the Inka conquest impacted the domestic areas of sites located in the lower Lurin. In order to contribute to this debate this paper will compare population estimates from the site of Panquilma located in the lower Lurin valley during the late intermediate and late horizon periods when the region fell under the Inka Empire.

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