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Los centros de peregrinaje como mecanismos de integración política en sociedades complejas del altiplano del Titicaca
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. FondoEditorial, 2002)
Centers of Pilgrimage as Mechanisms of Political Integration in Complex Societies in Titicaca´s AltiplanoPilgrimages to sacred places were a common practice in many prehispanic Andean societies. For example, the islands ...
Chronology and Sequences at Huambacho, Nepeña Valley, Coastal ÁncashCronología y secuencias en Huambacho, valle de Nepeña, costa de Áncash
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. FondoEditorial, 2008)
With the objective of refining regional chronologies in the lower portion of Nepeña Valley, coastal Áncash, this article examines sequential data from architecture and ceramic contexts at the site of Huambacho. Recent ...
Los vasos-efigie antropomorfos: un ejemplo de la orfebrería de la costa central durante el Periodo Intermedio Tardío y el Horizonte Tardío
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. FondoEditorial, 2004)
Anthropomorphic Effigy Vases: A Silvermith’s Production during the Late Intermediate Period and Late HorizonAnthropomorphic effigy vases have been classified, without any scientific basis, as belonging to the Chimu Culture. ...
The Iconography on Objects from the Kuntur Wasi SiteLa iconografía en los objetos del sitio de Kuntur Wasi
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. FondoEditorial, 2008)
The archaeological materials associated with the Kuntur Wasi Temple in Cajamarca reveal rich iconographic representations. They are important for revealing the cosmology that gave meaning to the ceremonial activities of ...
The Chiefly Prelude to MesoamericaEl alba de Mesoamérica
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. FondoEditorial, 2007)
This article explores the beginnings of Mesoamerican civilization (meaning the origins of institutionalized, hereditary inequality, rank societies, and chiefdoms) during the Early Formative period (1900-100 BC). Before one ...
Arqueología y etnohistoria en Vilcashuamán
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. FondoEditorial, 2002)
Archaeology and Ethnohistory at VilcashuamánThis paper presents information on human occupation at Vilcashuaman based on written and material evidence which allow to trace its historical process. Special attention is ...
Nota editorial
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. FondoEditorial, 2001)
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Monumental Architecture of Late Intermediate Period Cuzco: Continuities of Ritual Reciprocity and Statecraft between the Middle and Late HorizonsArquitectura monumental en el Cuzco del Periodo Intermedio Tardío: evidencias de continuidades en la reciprocidad ritual y el manejo administrativo entre los horizontes Medio y Tardío
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. FondoEditorial, 2005)
The culture history of the valley of Cuzco prior to the rise of the Incas is being revealed by twelve years of fieldwork at the site of Chokepukio. Located in the Lucre Basin at the eastern end of the valley, Chokepukio ...
Aproximación a la imagen real de "los incas de privilegio"
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. FondoEditorial, 2004)
Approach to the True Image of the "Incas by Privilege"This study aims at clarifying the identity of one special social category in the Inca state, "the Incas by privilege". Historians and cultural anthropologists have ...
El colonialismo inka, el consumo de chicha y los festines desde una perspectiva de banquetes políticos
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. FondoEditorial, 2003)
Inka Colonialism, the Chicha Consumption and the Feasting: A Perspective from the "Commensal Politics"This essay treats the "commensal politics" of feasting in the Inka state and its implications for understanding certain ...