After Monumentality: The Late Paracas Component at the Site of Campanayuq Rumi in the Peruvian South-Central Highlands

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Beyond Borders at the End of a Millennium: Life in the Western Andes circa 500–50 BCE" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Campanayuq Rumi, located in the Peruvian south-central highlands, flourished as a major ceremonial center during the late Initial period and early Early Horizon (ca. 1000–500 BCE). While it ceased to function as a Chavín-related center and an important node of interregional interaction around 500 BCE, the ceremonial core was transformed as a domestic occupation and Middle/Late Paracas related materials are associated with it. Considering that Campanayuq Rumi is located quite far from the core area of the Middle/Late Paracas Culture (ca. 500–250 BCE) in the south coast, the coexistence of local cultural traditions and Paracas material culture after the collapse of the Chavín Interaction sphere allow us to better understand the entanglements of local differences and widespread commonalities between the south coast and south-central highlands. This paper examines the nature of Middle/Late Paracas component at Campanayuq Rumi where the local style domestic constructions were placed on the ceremonial core ca. 500 BCE and new monumental construction project was not carried out though Paracas style pottery was continued to be utilized in the context of votive offerings.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Beyond Borders at the End of a Millennium: Life in the Western Andes circa 500–50 BCE   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 37774.0