essay
Chimu administration in the provinces
origins and development of the andean state • Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] • Published In 1987 • Pages: 121-129
By: Mackey, Carol J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Chimu expansion is viewed in two parts: the first beginning around AD 1200; the second starting about 1300 with the incorporation of the Casma Valley and ending after the takeover of the Lambayeque Valley around 1400. The preexisting polities of Casma in the south and Sicán in the north are briefly described. How much political control was exerted over the added territory changed over time, and the total area conquered was not equivalent to the area actually occupied as evidenced by the presence of Chimu state architecture and ceramics. There is evidence for a melding of architectural styles at Manchan, and ethnohistoric sources state that local lords were absorbed into the Chimu state. Chimu administrative centers are defined and ranked according to architectural and spatial features, indicating four administrative orders above the village level, with functional variability in structures including controlling access to storerooms, supplying food and [i]chicha[/i] (maize beer) to patio areas, managing production of high status items, and overseeing canal construction and corvée labor.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Territorial hierarchy
- Public structures
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Administrative agencies
- Sociocultural trends
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chimu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1981-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 850-530 BP (AD 1150-1470)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- coastal La Libertad and Ancash regions (north coast), Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Carol J. Mackey
- For bibliographical references see document 39:[Haas, Pozorski, and Pozorski] (1987, References cited)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86019332
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chimu