Pre-colonial Irrigation and Settlement Patterns in Three Artificial Valleys in Lima – Peru

Narváez, José

Pre-colonial Irrigation and Settlement Patterns in Three Artificial Valleys in Lima – Peru

atmire.migration.oldid	1654
dc.contributor.advisor	Raymond, Scott
dc.contributor.author	Narváez, José
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-31T19:59:47Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-15T07:00:21Z
dc.date.issued	2014-01-31
dc.date.submitted	2013	en
dc.description.abstract	This investigation consist in the analysis of the southwest section of the lower Rimac River Valley, located in the Peruvian Central Coast, where three artificial valleys, generated by three main irrigation channels named La Magdalena, Maranga, and La Legua, originated from a single mother channel from the River. The objectives of this work were to establish the occupation sequence and settlement pattern in those artificial valleys in Precolonial times trying to shed some light into the origins of social complexity and the role of the irrigation systems in this process. Another main objective is to understand the main characteristics of Precolonial societies in the area, comparing them with the classic definitions from Neoevolutionary cultural anthropology: band, tribe, chiefdom and state that have been widely used by several scholars who worked on the Peruvian case. In order to reach those objectives, this investigation used modern and old maps and aerial photos in order to make a map of the area before the modern expansion of the city in the Twentieth Century that destroyed the irrigation systems and numerous archaeological sites, locally known as huacas. Several pottery collections from this area were analyzed in order to establish the chronology and cultural association of several archaeological sites. The investigation also comprised the analysis of colonial documents from the Sixteenth to the early Nineteenth centuries, some of them published and other kept in archives and libraries in Lima, trying to establish the political and territorial organization of the indigenous population in the late Precolonial period. This investigation found few elements that support the idea of an original emergence of state or the existence of urban settlements in the valley. The political organization seemed to be closer to the notion of simple and complex chiefdoms, with a hierarchy of lords controlling some sections of the artificial valley, during the Ancon (800-400 BC), Lima (300-800 AD) and Ychsma (1000-1476 AD) occupations, that were absorbed by expansive polities in some parts of their history: Janabarriu (Chavin) associated with the Ancon occupation, Topara (400 BC-300 AD), Wari (800-1000), and Inca (1476-1532).	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Narváez, J. (2014). Pre-colonial Irrigation and Settlement Patterns in Three Artificial Valleys in Lima – Peru (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27399	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27399
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1359
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher.faculty	Graduate Studies
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.publisher.place	Calgary	en
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject	Archaeology
dc.subject.classification	Peru	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Archaeology	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Irrigation	en_US
dc.title	Pre-colonial Irrigation and Settlement Patterns in Three Artificial Valleys in Lima – Peru
dc.type	doctoral thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Archaeology
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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