Identity through Movement: Domestic Political Units and Pan-Andean Relations in Early and Middle Cajamarca Periods (50 BC–AD 750)

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Them and Us: Transmission and Cultural Dynamism in the North of Peru between AD 250 and 950: A Vision since the Recent Northern Investigations" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The purpose of this project is to investigate the relationship between environmental factors and cultural dynamics as manifested in the development of specialized pottery production as a symbol of an ethnic identity in the valley of Cajamarca, Peru, during the Early and Middle Cajamarca periods (cal 100 BC–AD 750). To that end, this work will examine the idea of ethnicity and communities of practice in the Andes. First, we propose how ethnicity is generated and maintained, emphasizing certain cultural features (e.g., pottery, architectural patterns, goods, mobility, funerary practices). Second, we will evaluate how this ethnic identity is a product of belonging to a community that is built through the participation of its members in the practices and activities of this society. We will cover the internal and external dynamics of this sociocultural group, focusing on cultural remains and their distribution in different functional spaces registered to date. Our work is based on the excavations of two archaeological sites of the Cajamarca period: Iscoconga and Carambayoc. We will present the results of three field seasons in both archeological sites that present pottery production areas, houses, ceremonial, and, possibly, administrative spaces.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Them and Us: Transmission and Cultural Dynamism in the North of Peru between AD 250 and 950: A Vision since the Recent Northern Investigations   •
• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)

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Abstract Id(s): 33612