Book
The rural foundation for urbanism: economic and stylistic interaction between rural and urban communities in eighth-century Peru
University of Illinois Press • (10) • Published In 1977 • Pages: 188
By: Isbell, William Harris.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Isbell has written an excavation report of a Hauri site, Jargampata, in the San Miguel Valley, 25 km, or a day's walk from Huari. He describes the settlement pattern, architecture, and ceramics. Extensive remains of terraces and canals are evidence of a productive agricultural area. The site is strategically located where the river enters the plain. Two types of architecture are present: domestic (South Unit) and public (North Unit). The domestic group has multiple rooms with access to narrow corridors used for cooking and work. The North Unit contains an enclosed plaza with a well-constructed, possibly multi-story, rectangular structure at one end, which according to Isbell is a standard state installation. Both North and South Units are contemporaneous. He classifies the pottery into five phases, Early and Middle Patibamba Phases, Late Patibamba Phases I and II, and Illaura Phase. All phases are Middle Horizon except for the last Illaura Phase. Isbell's thesis is that Jargampata was an administrative center that coordinated the production and transshipment of goods to the Huari center. Ridge top dwellings and corrals may have been the home of ancient teamsters.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Masonry
- Public structures
- Miscellaneous structures
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Typologies and classifications
- 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
- Book
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 550-825 (Middle Horizon)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Jargampata, San Miguel Valley, Ayacucho Department, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- William Harris Isbell
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77001255
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities--Peru