Panquilma’s Architecture: Ideologies involved in the construction process

Summary

This paper explores the ideologies involved in the process of building structures utilized by people of elite and non-elite statuses. The 2015 excavations of compounds at Panquilma revealed a range of domestic and ritual activities. The data recorded suggest that local craft production was embedded in particular religious meanings and/or status paraphernalia related to specific pre-Columbian Late Intermediate Period societies. The association of destruction and regeneration of materials, seen in the modification of buildings, and material patterns found under floors, are related to Andean ideology regarding construction.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• Consumption patterns and funerary rituals at the site of Panquilma, Lurin Valley, Peruvian Central Coast

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