essay
The Middle Horizon in northern Peru
huari administrative structure : prehistoric monumental architecture and state government • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 233-246
By: Topic, Theresa Lange.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, Topic examines the evidence for and against Huari military expansion in the Middle Horizon Period, focusing on northern Peru. She first reviews the military conquest model in the literature. She then examines five north Peruvian sites, Pampa Grande, Cajamarca, Pacathamu, Galindo and Marca Haumachuco; and four sites in the Otuzco area between Marca Huamachuco and Galindo. She examines the nature of inter-site relationships and of Huari presence in the region. She concludes that there is no hard evidence for expansion by conquest. The evidence of Huari presence in the Humachuco area is strongest at two sites, Cerro Amaru and Viracochapampa. The latter is a Huari-planned complex straddling a major north-south route. This suggests to Topic that Huari influence in the area was limited to the control and service of traffic in elite trade goods, and not territory. Huari presence in the region may have stimulated alliances among northern polities, especially between those in the highlands and on the coast.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External trade
- Routes
- External relations
- Military installations
- Warfare
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Huari
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Andes
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977- 1978, 1981-1984, 1986-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- After 600 (Middle Horizon)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Huamachuco area, northern Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Theresa Lange Topic
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-246)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89023354
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities--Peru