essay
A Provincial perspective of Huari organization viewed from the Chicha/Soras Valley
huari administrative structure : prehistoric monumental architecture and state government • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 215-231
By: Meddens, F. M. (Frank M.).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Chicha/Soras Valley represents the southern limit of the core area of Huari expansion. The Yako site in the valley contains remains of three structures and a terrace system covering 20 hectares. Located at an altitude of 3,330 m places the site near high-altitude pasture for alpaca breeding. Meddens believes that residents of the site produced food for camelid herders. Meddens also examines the Chiqna Jota site in the valley, a Middle Horizon, Epoch 2 site. The site covers 9, possibly 16 hectares, with 117 planned and unplanned structures. Meddens discusses evidence of an offering arrangement of non-ceremonial pottery, which may be part of a secularized non-state cult practice.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Masonry
- Architecture
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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.
- 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
- 1978-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Middle Horizon
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chicha/Soras Valley, Ayacucho and Apurimac Departments, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank Meddens
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-231)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89023354
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities--Peru