At the Dusk of Chavín: Social, Economic, Political, and Ideological Implications as Viewed from a Fishing Settlement in the North Coast of Peru

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Peering into the Night: Transition, Sociopolitical Organization, and Economic Dynamics after the Dusk of Chavín in the North Central Andes" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Recent progress in the refinement of absolute dates recovered at the ceremonial and pilgrimage center of Chavín de Huántar helps to reconsider the regional effects of the Chavín Sphere of Interaction in the north coast of Peru. These new data suggest that Chavín de Huántar was occupied for about 500/400 years. Although the nature of Chavín de Huántar is still elusive for the Moche Valley, thanks to recent excavations in Huanchaco, it is possible to evaluate the social, economic, political, and ideological post-effects left by the Chavín phenomenon in this north coast valley. Current excavations provided important domestic, ceremonial, and burial contexts associated with the post-Chavín occupation in the Huanchaco bay, which is summarized here as (1) the size and complexity of the residential settlement, (2) emergence of local elites, (3) local ritual practices, (4) long-trade exchange networks, and (5) subsistence patterns, as a proxy for the study of cultural change and as an indicator of environmental challenges during that period.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• Peering into the Night: Transition, Sociopolitical Organization, and Economic Dynamics after the Dusk of Chavín in the North Central Andes

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Abstract Id(s): 33268