Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in the Upper Mantaro and Tarma Drainages, Junín, Peru: The Tarama-Chinchaycocha Region, Vol. 1, Parts 1 and 2 (Volume 34) (Memoirs)

An archaeological study of ancient settlement patterns in Peru's rugged and diverse central highlands.This monograph is based on six months of systematic regional survey in the Wanka Region of Peru's sierra central, carried out in two field seasons in 1975-1976 by the Junin Archaeological Research Project (JASP) under the co-direction of Jeffrey R. Parsons (University of Michigan) and Ramiro Matos Mendieta (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos). Volume 1, Part 1 Contents - Part I Preface Chapter 1: The Development of Our Research Design Conceptual and Developmental Background The Definition of Substantive Issues Definition of the Survey Area Summary The Project in Retrospect Chapter 2: Geography and Environment The Major Zones Geology Climate Wild Flora and Fauna Modern Land Use and Settlement Pattern in our Survey Area Overall Summary and Conclusions Chapter 3: The Study Area in Ethnohistoric Perspective Spanish Invasion Ethnic Tarama and Chinchaycocha Ethnic Population Size Ethnic Territories Ethnicity in the Ceja de Montaña Ethnic Boundaries Ethnic Ritual and Mythology Summary Chapter 4: Modeling Central Andean Agriculture and Herding A Synopsis of Prehispanic Cultural Development The Cultural Ecology of Historic-Period Central Andean Herders and Cultivators Overall Summary and Conclusions The Expectable Archaeological Correlates of Andean Agriculture and Pastoralism Chapter 5: Methodology The Tactics of Field Survey Laboratory Procedures Chapter 6: What Happened to the Formative? Methodological Considerations Ecological and Demographic Considerations Puna-Kichwa-Montaña Interaction Summary Chapter 7: The Concentric Ring Sites: A Special Problem Dating the Concentric Ring Sites The Function of Concentric Ring Sites during the EIP/MH The Regional Configuration of the Concentric Ring Sites Summary Chapter 8: Post-Formative Occupation: Patterns and Trends Long-Term Population Trends The Late Intermediate Period The Early Intermediate Period/Middle Horizon The Late Horizon The Distribution of Middle Horizon Wari Tradewares The Distribution of LIP Wanka Tradewares Isolated Furrowed Fields and Camelid Corrals in the Junín Puna The Impact of Climatic Change Overall Summary Chapter 9. The Definition of Public Architecture Inside-Settlement Public Architecture Outside Wall-Ditch Complexes: Defense or Social Border? Isolated Public Architecture: Tombs, Storage Facilities, and Shrines Overall Summary Chapter 10: The Archaeological Manifestations of Duality The Individual Settlement Level The Community and Multi-Community Levels Overall Summary Chapter 11: Summary and Conclusions General Trends within in Tarama-Chinchaycocha Region The Archaeological Definition of Site, Settlement, Community, Center, and Polity Andean Chiefdom Development and State Origins The Lima and Wari States during the Early Intermediate Period and the Middle Horizon The Cuzco State and the Inka Empire during the Late Intermediate Period and Late Horizon Key Problems for Future Archaeological Research in the Tarama-Chinchaycocha Region References Glossary Volume 1, Part 2 Contents - Part II Appendix A: Site Descriptions Introduction The Individual Sites Appendix B: Ceramic Chronology The Early Intermediate Period/Middle Horizon The Middle Horizon The Late Intermediate Period The Late Horizon V. 1. The Tarama-chinchaycocha Region (pts. 1-2) -- V. 2. The Wanka Region Jeffrey R. Parsons, Charles M. Hastings, Ramiro Matos M. Includes Bibliographical References.