Arqueología
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Ítem Acceso Abierto Coastal and highland storage systems of the Colesuyo, South Central Andes(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2010) Chacaltana Cortez, Sofía C.In this article, we discuss storage systems at two tambos or Inka waystations located in Colesuyo. The first is Camata Tambo, located at approximately 3000 masl in the upper Moquegua Valley, in the ecological zone known as the chaupi yunga. The second is Tacahuay Tambo, located approximately two km inland and 25 km south of the mouth of the Ilo River, in the yunga zone (See Figure 8.1). These Inka installations are among the few sites that have storage facilities in the Moquegua Val ley (Bürgi 1993; Van Buren et al. 1993); however, Ca mata Tambo has the largest storage facility in the Colesuyo region. In this article, we adopt inter- and intra-regional perspectives to analyze the variables affecting the structural characteristics of these two tambos. We focus on the storage facilities at these sites as reflections of the political economy strategies used by the Inka empire in different ecological zones of Colesuyo. At the same time, we take into account local and regional historical and political contexts that structured Inka presence in the region, interregional cultural contact, and the response of local elites to the empire.