essay
Craft production in the kingdom of Chimor
northern dynasties : kingship and statecraft in chimor: a symposium at dumbarton oaks, 12th and 13th october 1985 • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 145-176
By: Topic, John R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Craft production and craft specialists in the city of Chan Chan are discussed, and compared with archaeological evidence for craft production in the provincial centers. Parallels are found in ethnohistorical evidence, despite a four generations remove between Chimu and Inca, with only middle levels of the political hierarchy persisting. Craft production was the cornerstone of the city’s economy, with control over the manufacture of high value goods largely for their own consumption appearing to have been the basis of elite power, not control over agricultural production for all. Indeed, evidence for craft production is highly concentrated in the center as compared to the provinces, and the capacity of the storage areas within Chan Chan was inadequate for large surpluses of agricultural staples; storage capacity at other Chimu cities was much lower. Metallurgy, woven fabrics, and [i]chicha[/i] (maize beer) production are given particular attention, along with the expansion of craft production in Chan Chan after the Lambayeque conquest.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Occupational specialization
- Production and supply
- Cities
- State enterprise
- Government enterprises
- Status, role, and prestige
- Warehousing
- Cultural participation
- 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
- 1969, 1972-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1150-400 BP (AD 850-1600)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chan Chan, Huanchaco, Trujillo province (Moche Valley), La Libertad, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- John R. Topic
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-176)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89023336
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chimu Indians--Politics and government--Congresses
- Chimu Indians--Antiquities--Congresses
- Chan Chan Site (Peru)--Congresses
- Peru--Antiquities--Congresses