Contents
List of Figures
List of Plates
List of Tables
Preface, by Jeffrey R. Parsons
Acknowledgments, by Jeffrey R. Parsons
The Definition of Substantive Issues
The Subsequent UMARP Investigations
A Retrospective Critique
Introduction
Climate
Historic Records of Rainfall and Temperature
The Puna
The Kichwa
Modern Population, Land Use, and Settlement Patterns
Traditional Central Andean Agricultural Ecology in the Kichwa Zone
Agricultural Tasks
Sectorial Fallowing Regimes
The Annual Round
Settlement Patterns
Agriculturalists’ Cosmology and Ritual
Overall Summary and Conclusions
Wanka Political Organization during the Late Horizon and Late LIP
Late Horizon Wanka Population
The Inca Impact
Dependent Communities in the Adjacent Montaña
Summary
The Tactics of Field Survey
Surface Collecting
Recording Information in the Field
Writing the Preliminary Site Reports
Ceramic Analyses in Lima
Site Classification
Chronological Problems
Herders vs. Cultivators
How Do We Recognize and Distinguish Permanent vs. Seasonal/Temporary/Sporadic/Ephemeral Residence, and How Do We Determine How Many Structures Comprise a Domestic Household?
Nonresidential Architecture
“Defensive” Architecture
The Junín Archaeological Survey Project (JASP) Site Typology for the Wanka Region
Reactions to Our Fieldwork by Contemporary Inhabitants of the Study Area
The Field Research Campaigns of UMARP
Field Campaign II (1982–1984)
2. Changing Settlement Pattern and Sociopolitical Organization of the Wanka
4. Household Archaeology and the Subsistence Economy
6. Political Economy and Power
Comparison of JASP and UMARP Data on Site Size and Chronology
Summary and Conclusions, Part II
Long-term Population Trends
Occupation by Settlement Type through Time
The Distribution of Settlement by Altitude Zone
Early Horizon
Early Intermediate Period/Middle Horizon
The Late Intermediate Period
Late Horizon
The Architectonic Configuration of Colca Sites
The Distances of Different Colca Classes from the Inca Imperial Center at Hátun Xauxa (Site 550)
The Regional Configuration of LH Colca Sites
The Distribution of Sites Lacking Stone Rubble
The Early Late Intermediate Period (UMARP Identified as Wanka I)
The Late Late Intermediate Period (UMARP Identified as Wanka II)
The Tarama-Wanka Frontier
The Survey Area
The Early Intermediate Period/Middle Horizon
The Late Intermediate Period
The Occupation of the Main Mantaro Valley Floodplain
Key Tasks for Future Research
La zona del reconocimiento
El Periodo Intermedio Temprano/Horizonte Medio
El Periodo Intermedio Tardio
La ocupación del planicie aluvial central del Valle Mantaro
Resumen de algunas tareas claves para investigaciones del futuro en y alrededor de la región Wanka
Bibliography
Introduction
The Individual Sites
UMARP Site Survey in the Jisse-Pomacancha Drainage by Terence N. D’Altroy
Early Intermediate Period/Middle Horizon
Continuities between MH and Wanka I Ceramics
Inca and Wanka-Inca Pottery
