Book
Competition and cooperation in a prehispanic multi-ethnic system in the central Andes
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 2001 • Pages:
By: Dillehay, Tom D..
Abstract
In this dissertation, Dillehay examines the complex relationship between highland and lowland groups in the Chillón Valley of Peru and constructs a multi-ethnic interaction system model, which he uses to explain why a state did not develop in the valley prior to the Inca conquest. His model is based on ecological, economic, and political data derived from the distribution pattern of ceramics, settlement patterns, housing types, ethnohistorical sources, and contemporary ethnography. Dillehay carried out a survey of settlements in the coastal, middle, and upper segments of the Chillón Valley and an excavation at Huancayo Alto, the valley's largest settlement and principal site. He classifies pottery types and analyzes their distribution to delineate the location and movement of ethnic groups. Housing types identifies which class position each group occupied. He identities over fifteen ethnic groups in the valley. Although some groups were more powerful than others, no one group was paramount. According to Dillehay, ecological, demographic, and economic factors favored more complex political arrangements that helped preserve the autonomy of groups and flow of goods, resources, and labor.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field Date
- 1973-1974
- Coverage Date
- 1200-1550
- Coverage Place
- Chillón Valley, Lima Province, Peru
- Notes
- Tommy Delton Dillehay
- UM 77-11,505
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 548-565)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Texas, Austin, 1976
- LCSH
- Indians of South America--Antiquities