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Late Prehistoric Regional Interaction and Social Change in a Coastal Valley of Northern Chile

£40.00
Author:
Calogero M. Santoro
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314983
Paperback:
140pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 60 tables, 94 figures (including 13 colour photographs)
BAR number:
S2823
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Description

This is an archaeological study of social organization and change in a late prehispanic population of northern Chile. The research involves contextual examination of the occurrence of highland ceramic styles and materials and drawing inferences concerning local socio-political structures. Excavation at four sites dating to the Late Intermediate and Late Periods (AD 1100-1500) revealed no evidence of highland colonists or colonial enclaves. Household artefact assemblages showed: (a) that despite the presence of highland trade goods, the cultural pattern resembles local coastal traditions; (b) no indications of pronounced social or wealth differences; (b) great continuity through time in domestic activities; and (c) significant shifts in ceramic style preferences, highland import assemblages, textile production and access to metal ornaments. An important suprahousehold change of the Late Period was the nucleation of population at Molle Pampa Este, a site containing architecture (an ushnu and plaza) associated with imperial Inka administration and public ceremony.

AUTHOR
Calogero M. Santoro, PhD, is Full Professor of Archaeology at the Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile. He is interested in human cultural adaptation and environmental changes in the Atacama Desert, between the late Pleistocene and Inka times. He has conducted interdisciplinary research, published and lectured in Australia, France, United States and South America.

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