essay
Reconstructing patterns of early warfare in the lower Santa Valley: new data on the role of conflict in the origins of complex north-coast society
origins and development of the andean state • Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] • Published In 1987 • Pages: 56-69
By: Wilson, David J. (David John).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wilson uses the data from a surface survey of the lower Santa Valley, including evidence for defensive construction, environmental setting and subsistence systems, to test Carneiro's circumscription theory of the origin of the state. He finds that warfare existed throughout most of the settlement systems and time periods until the valley became annexed by the Moche in the Early Intermediate period. Settlement patterns and land use for the Early Horizon are discussed, along with the interconnectedness of irrigation systems. The data indicate that, starting with the advent of irrigation agriculture, warfare was endemic at an interregional or intervalley scale. Only information pertaining to the Late Formative and Early Horizon or Period is relevant to this collection.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Settlement patterns
- Archaeological survey methods
- Warfare
- Military installations
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Water supply
- Tillage
- Production and supply
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Coastal Andean Late Formative
- 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; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3800-1350 BP (1800 BC-AD 650)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Santa province, Ancash, and southern Viru province, La Libertad (lower Santa Valley), Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- David J. Wilson
- For bibliographical references see document 8: Haas (1987, References cited)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86019332
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities