Reconstructing the Political Dynamic of the Inka State in the Cañete Valley: A Perspective from the Site of Huacones–Vilcahuasi

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Developments through Time on the South Coast of Peru: In Memory of Patrick Carmichael" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In the Cañete Valley, one of the most important valleys in the south coast of Peru, the Inca presence was strong according to ethnohistoric documents and archaeological evidence. Most archaeological evidence for this strong presence comes from sites such as Incahuasi of Lunahuana and Cerro Azul. However, recent research at Huacones–Vilcahuasi, one of the largest architectural complexes and the center of political administrative power of the local group called Guarco in the Cañete Valley, has provided new evidence about economic and political organization during the Late Horizon P\period (AD 1400–1532). In this paper, we will use the new evidence from Huacones–Vilcahuasi and contemporaneous sites in order to reconstruct the political dynamic in the Cañete Valley under the Inka government.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Developments through Time on the South Coast of Peru: In Memory of Patrick Carmichael   •
• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)

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Abstract Id(s): 32784