Polities in the Lurin Valley, Peru, During the Early Intermediate Period

Patterson, Thomas C.; McCarthy, John P.; Dunn, R. A.

doi:10.1179/naw.1982.20.1.004

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“…The large number of HEIP sites in the middle Moche Valley implies a high degree of highlandcoastal interaction just prior to the formation of the Southern Moche state. A similar pattern of intrusion of highland ceramic sites in the EIP has been documented in the Viru, Nepena, Casma, and Lurin Valleys (Daggett 1984(Daggett , 1987Patterson et al 1982;Pozorski and Pozorski 1987;Topic 1982:259-260;Topic and Topic 1982).…”

Section: Gallinazo and Moche Phasessupporting

confidence: 63%

Irrigation and the Origins of the Southern Moche State on the North Coast of Peru

Billman¹

2002

Latin Am. antiq.

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Section: Gallinazo and Moche Phasessupporting

confidence: 63%

Irrigation and the Origins of the Southern Moche State on the North Coast of Peru

Billman¹

2002

Latin Am. antiq.

127

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“…Interactions between coastal and inland communities from different altitudes throughout the extent of the Lurín Valley were inferred from analyses of pottery assemblages and settlement patterns (Paulsen, 1976;Dillehay, 1979;Patterson et al, 1982;Makowski, 2004). Based on pottery analysis, Patterson et al (1982) proposed the existence of two distinct social formations in the Lurín Valley during the Early Intermediate period, which interacted by sending colonists into the intervening frontier areas. Intensification of long-distance exchange with communities of the north coast was proposed by Delgado (1994), as evidenced by the presence of imported gilded objects at Villa El Salvador.…”

Section: Social Structure At Villa El Salvador: Broader Implicationsmentioning

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Dimensions of health and social structure in the early intermediate period cemetery at Villa El Salvador, Peru

Pechenkina

Delgado²

2006

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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This paper examines relationships between the social structure of a community and the health of its members, based on analysis of human skeletal remains (N = 64) from Villa El Salvador XII (100 BC-AD 100), a prehistoric cemetery located in the lower Lurín Valley, Peru. The ambiguity of social status as conventionally inferred from archaeological context is among the principal complicating factors in such an inquiry. We use multidimensional scaling of skeletal markers to identify the presence of patterned health-based heterogeneity in our sample, without making a priori assumptions about underlying social structure at Villa El Salvador. This procedure situates every skeleton relative to all others in the sample on the basis of multiple health markers, eliciting health groups. Once recognized, the relevance of those groups to social structure can be evaluated by comparison with a broad range of presumptive archaeological status indicators. We test the hypothesis that the distribution of stress indicators in human skeletons covaries with archaeological indicators of social differentiation. Based on multivariate analysis of skeletal indicators, we conclude that the cemetery at Villa El Salvador was utilized by two social groups with different geographic affinities: one of local coastal origin, and the other probably from the upper Lurín Valley or adjacent higher altitudes. These groups differ in skeletal characteristics related to childhood health, probably reflecting systematic contrasts in the growth environments of the studied individuals. This same division is independently supported by the distribution of cranial deformation, a possible marker of ethnicity. We also document some inequality in the distribution of labor among male individuals, as reflected by the relative advancement of degenerative joint disease, and congruent with differences in the number and quality of associated funerary offerings.

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“…It is likely the individuals buried in Tablada resided in the nearby valley of Lurín. Patterson et al (1982) documented numerous post-Chavin and pre-Lima settlements smaller than 0.1 ha on average on both sides of the Lurín river, between the gorge of Atocongo, Quebrada and Sisicaya in the middle Lurín valley. The ceramic wares identified at those sites were a coarse Brown ware and a fine Orange ware (Patterson et al, 1982).…”

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Diet in Peru's pre-Hispanic central coast

Gerdau-Radonić

Goude

Mata

et al. 2015

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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The Tablada de Lurín cemetery Lima, Peru) is characterised by two mortuary phases. Based on associated grave finds and the lack of habitation sites near the cemetery, it has been hypothesised that both burial populations came from a certain distance of the site (ca. 20 km) and that they relied on land rather than marine resources. We tested these hypotheses, based on material culture, through stable isotope analysis. The aim was to understand the populations' diet and geographic origins. We sampled 47 human individuals and eleven sets of faunal remains from both phases for stable isotope analysis (carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen) of bone and dental collagen, and apatite. Modern samples of autochthonous food were also tested as a baseline for comparison. The results showed preservation differences between the remains from both phases. Individuals from Phase 1 provided the best isotopic dataset and showed consumption of protein from marine resources and C 4 plants. On the other hand, bioapatite carbon and oxygen stable isotope results from both phases highlighted differences in C 4 plant consumption and individuals of possible non-local origin. The results underline the need to study further the effect of brewed or cooked beverages on bioapatite oxygen levels. Finally, results from Phase 1 fit with the broader dietary pattern evident in other Andean sites, where coastal populations consumed marine protein and C 4 plants, as opposed to highland populations who relied on terrestrial protein sources and C 3 plants.

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Polities in the Lurin Valley, Peru, During the Early Intermediate Period

Cited by 18 publications

References 9 publications

Irrigation and the Origins of the Southern Moche State on the North Coast of Peru

Irrigation and the Origins of the Southern Moche State on the North Coast of Peru

Dimensions of health and social structure in the early intermediate period cemetery at Villa El Salvador, Peru

Diet in Peru's pre-Hispanic central coast

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