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To address this issue, I analyze two lines of evidence from the archaeological site of “El Churcal”,
whose occupation is restricted to this period. One line of investigation assesses activities and practices
through the analysis of artifactual contexts from excavations; while the second way of analysis is
aimed at increasing the information about the architectural patterns and spatial structuring of the
settlement.
The aim is to gain a better understanding of the organization of daily spaces and practices among LIP
populations and to deepen the study of the social processes that took place in the central sector of the
Calchaquí valley. This study forms part of my PhD research in NW Argentina.
Miguel Fuentes
UCL, Institute of Archaeology
correomiguelfuentes@gmail.com; uczlfue@ucl.ac.uk
In this presentation, I will discuss some of the archaeological evidence that has been used to support
these models. I will also present architectural and spatial data to examine an alternative approach on
the social and political dynamics of the Late Period in the Arica area that emphasizes potential
elements of local management of resources, routes, and spaces. The concept of “Local Power” and the
important of alternative models of economic and cultural exchange between the Inca and the local
populations will be examined.
South American Archaeology Seminar: London
Viviana Siveroni
UCL, Institute of Archaeology
viviana.siveroni.13@ucl.ac.uk
First, I summarize the basic elements of rituals and thank offerings associated to ‘runa conopa.’ I also
pay attention to the performance and the gestures of practitioners while manipulating ‘conopa.’ This
information is mainly drawn from documents of the Extirpation of Idolatries campaign (after 1609
AD) that others have published (e.g., Duviols 2006). Using this information, I then look for evidence
of ‘runa conopa’ practice in different periods and regions of the Prehispanic Andes. In doing so, I
favour the analysis of ceramic anthropomorphic figurines. This exploration suggests two things. First,
some Prehispanic ceramic figurines may well be seen as Prehispanic ‘runa conopa.’ Second, ‘runa
conopa’ practice was widely spread across the Andes way before the Incas expanded out of Cuzco. To
conclude, I contrast ceramic figurines to metal figurines of Capacocha contexts, exploring possible
parallels and looking for overlapping semantic fields. I ask whether provincial household ideologies
—particularly ‘runa conopa’ practice— had a place in the construction of Inca ideologies of power.
João Saldanha
???
jodanha@gmail.com
The rise of monumentality at the Mouth of the Amazon River
In this presentation I want to offer a long-term perspective of funerary structures from a specific
region of the lowland South America, the mouth of the Amazon River. The period comprises from the
3,000 BP, where the general rule seems to be the use of shallow pits with single burials accompanied
by rare and scanty grave goods, until 1,500 BP, when death is associated with highly elaborated
funerary urns deposited on earth, stone or wood monuments. The social and ritual dimensions of these
changes will be regard in the context of transformations and evolving of networks of relationships
occurred from the beginning of the Formative Period until the contact with the Europeans. It will be
argued that ditches, megaliths and wooden enclosures containing funerary pits appear suddenly on the
landscape from 1,100 BP signalling a significant change, with the initiating of a new labour
investment that effectively marked cultural landscape for the future. I will argue that the people that
built such funerary structures sought more elaborate forms of expression of identity and group
affiliation and, for this reason, not only different types of monuments, but also stylistically hybrid
ceramics, with high aesthetic appeal, start to dominate the archaeological landscape of the region."
South American Archaeology Seminar: London
Agathe Dupeyron
University of East Anglia, School of International Development
A.Dupeyron@uea.ac.uk
Evaluating Archaeology as a Resource for Development in Peru:
Why, How?
Many archaeologists instigate projects with clear relevance to modern communities and profound
social, economic, environmental and cultural impacts. In Peru, projects can foster local development,
but are rarely articulated or measured in those terms. Evaluation deserves more consistent efforts: it
would increase the accountability, sustainability and replicability of these projects.
Using the case study of the Sustainable Preservation Initiative (SPI) in Peru, this talk explores the
challenges in evaluating small-scale heritage projects in South America. It appraises how a project’s
activities can be evaluated in practice, on the basis of interviews with SPI staff members and project
participants in the regions of Cajamarca, Lima and Amazonas. This analysis outlines possible
solutions to build trust and systematise evaluation. It considers a range of methods from international
development that respond to time, budget and data constraints, and discusses them in the SPI context.