Architecture and empire at late prehispanic Tarapacá viejo, northern Chile
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Zori, Colleen
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Architecture and empire at late prehispanic Tarapacá viejo, northern Chile
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Imperial conquest and subsequent strategies of integration can be detected in changes to regional infrastructure, such as road systems
and the architectural layout and construction techniques of provincial settlements. Located in the Tarapacá Valley of northern Chile,
the site of Tarapacá Viejo underwent significant architectural remodeling when the valley was incorporated into the Inka empire
in the XV century AD. This article examines (1) how Tarapacá Viejo fit into the overall network of Inka or Inka-influenced sites
in northern Chile; (2) how the construction techniques and architectural layout were transformed upon conquest of the valley by
the Inka; and (3) what changes and continuities characterized the Early Colonial period (AD 1,532-1,700) occupation of the site.
These data provide insight into the strategies of provincial incorporation employed by the Inka in this arid and sparsely populated
region and how they were shaped by pre-existing settlement patterns, infrastructure, and economic conditions
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These investigations were
conducted under the Tarapacá Valley Archaeological
Project, Project FONDECYT 1030923, and Project
VID SOC08/16-2. Financial support was provided by
the National Science Foundation; the Cotsen Institute
of Archaeology; the Department of Anthropology
at UCLA; the Chilean National Fund to Support
Science and Technology (Fondo Nacional de Apoyo
a la Ciencia y Tecnología (FONDECYT); and the
Vice-Rectory for Investigation and Development
at the University of Chile. The second author is
granted a scholarship by CONICYT. Our sincerest
gratitude to Mauricio Uribe, Ran Boytner and the
students of UCLA and the Universidad de Chile for
their help, as well as to Davide Zori, Erika Brant,
Leonor Adán, Jorge Hidalgo, Estefanía Vidal and
two anonymous reviewers for comments on earlier
versions of this paper
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URI: https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/122218
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Volumen 46, Nº 2, 2014. Páginas 211-232
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