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- Title
IMPERIALISMO EN EL HORIZONTE MEDIO: UNA REEVALUACIÓN DEL PARADIGMA CLÁSICO, CUZCO, PERÚ.
- Authors
Glowacki, Mary
- Abstract
Traditionally, the Middle Horizon has been characterized by the presence or influence of Wari imperialism throughout ancient Peru. With lesser known areas of the Andes now being explored, this view is considered somewhat passé, monolithic, and lacking heuristic value. Although many Middle Horizon peoples may not have fallen under the rubric of direct Wari control, others certainly did, and it is this variability in degrees of administrative control across regions that is considered a classic hallmark of imperialism. With that said, Middle Horizon research in Cuzco offers a unique opportunity to study a Wari region that was under direct imperial control. Archaeological investigations of Wari Cuzco sites show that this region was not only tightly administered by the Wari heartland, but also that the control that the Wari imposed upon it endured for more than two centuries. This chapter reviews evidence for exchange between the Cuzco Wari and people in other regions towards an understanding of its highly controlled nature. It considers how Cuzco was run and why it was so important to the empire as a whole.
- Subjects
HUARI (South American people); IMPERIALISM; ARCHAEOLOGICAL research; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Boletín de Arqueología PUCP, 2012, Issue 16, p189
- ISSN
1029-2004
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18800/boletindearqueologiapucp.201201.009