Survey and Mapping of Antimpampa, An Early Horizon Monumental Center in Southern Peru

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Globally, the earliest cultural ecumene are associated with monumental centers that spurred greater local and interregional interaction. Atimpampa, located in the Arequipa region of Peru, is one such monumental center that has remained largely unstudied. This poster presents the preliminary results of our 2020 archaeological survey at Antimpampa, which spans 90-hectares and is comprised of 13 platform mounds, associated plazas, standing stones, and a monumental enclosure wall. Surface mapping and artifact collection reveal a mound-plaza group organization distinguished by walls and elevation changes, as well as areas of residence, craft specialization, and ritual activities on and around the mounds. Our research also demonstrates that Antimpampa is the only known site in the Andes with artifacts that reflect the northern Chavín and southern Yaya-Mama/Pukara styles, the two great iconographic traditions of the Early Horizon (850-550 BCE). A third tradition at Antimpampa featuring large slabs of rock painted with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic animals may have emerged at this time. Atimpampa’s rich assemblage of artifacts, combined with the excellent preservation of its activity areas, present an opportunity for future excavations to understand how Early Horizon centers worked as engines of integration, identity formation, and ritual practice.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38911.0