Book
Household economics and political integration: the lower class of the Chimu empire
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1985 • Pages:
By: Moore, Jerry D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation is based on excavation of cane-walled structures comprising a lower class neighborhood at Manchan in the Casma Valley, a southern Chimu administrative center with a variety of other structures: adobe brick residences and public architecture, including administrative and funerary compounds; also three non-funerary mounds, low platforms, an unfinished llama corral, and cemeteries. The project tested how archaeological evidence may shed light on ways the imperial Chimu political economy may have manipulated or modified the lower class household economies, with a model of Chimu organization of labor, patterns of production, and patterns of consumption derived from the historically documented Inka. The archaeological evidence indicates a pattern of household self-sufficiency and a low level of state involvement in the domestic economy, except for agriculture. The state may have been involved, for no agricultural tools were found, although there are other possible explanations, like storing tools near fields. Manchan contrasts with the Moche Valley in the Chimu heartland, where evidence indicates the state had a direct and significant role in the economic system via the institutions of redistribution, surplus storage, and corvée labor, closer to the Inka model. The Manchan findings suggest that there were different levels of political integration in different parts of the empire.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Household
- Production and supply
- Dwellings
- Miscellaneous government activities
- Labor relations
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 700-530 BP (AD 1300-1470)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Manchan, Casma district (Casma Valley), Ancash, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jerry Dennis Moore
- Doctoral Dissertation--University of California, Santa Barbara, 1985
- Proquest number: UM8613663
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-430)
- Copy/Scan date 2012
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chimu