The Late Intermediate Period and Late Horizon in Valle de Mairana, Bolivia

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Statistical and GIS-based analysis are applied to summarize the findings of preliminary auger testing, survey, and site reconnaisance conducted in July and August 2022 in the Valle de Mairana, Bolivia. In depth profiles of eight possible Inka-period sites were created and compared. The Valle de Mairana spans the municipalities of Mairana and Samaipata in the province of Florida in the department of Santa Cruz. During the Late Intermediate Period (LIP) and Late Horizon (LH) the Valle de Mairana was an area of intensive agricultural production and remains so today. The local LIP ceramic style is associated with the Mojocoya culture and much remains to be understood about Mojocoya interactions with the monumental Inka settlements nearby. The present research seeks to lay the foundations for future work in the area.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 36103.0