Los palacios en la costa central durante los periodos tardíos: de Pachacamac al Inca

Recent studies on the central coast of Peru have shown that during the Late Intermediate Period (11th to 15th centuries A.D.) the architecture of power was closely linked to a certain type of building: an elite residence or palace. The evidence also indicates that after the Inca occupation of the ab...

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Main Author: Luis Felipe Villacorta O.
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Institut Français d'Études Andines 2004-11-01
Series:Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/5119
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description Recent studies on the central coast of Peru have shown that during the Late Intermediate Period (11th to 15th centuries A.D.) the architecture of power was closely linked to a certain type of building: an elite residence or palace. The evidence also indicates that after the Inca occupation of the above-mentioned region (15th century) this kind of building retained its effectiveness as a distinctive symbol of the political power of the governing elites, i.e. the curacas. The fact that local-style palaces continued to exist as referents of the political ordering of the so-called Inca province of Pachacamac (at least in the Rimac area), throws light on a topic that is still current in archaeological debate: What were the characteristics of the political domination that resulted from the Inca occupation of this corner of Tawantinsuyu? And what was the reaction of the local elites when faced with the new order that arose from this event? The present article develops this topic via the definition of the formal attributes of palaces, their description and the use of artefacts associated with them, as well as the analysis of historical sources that document the particular features of late pre-Hispanic society on the central coast.
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spelling doaj.art-b613f329f77e4aa68d3c716303df9e912024-02-14T16:33:53ZspaInstitut Français d'Études AndinesBulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines0303-74952076-58272004-11-013353957010.4000/bifea.5119Los palacios en la costa central durante los periodos tardíos: de Pachacamac al IncaLuis Felipe Villacorta O.Recent studies on the central coast of Peru have shown that during the Late Intermediate Period (11th to 15th centuries A.D.) the architecture of power was closely linked to a certain type of building: an elite residence or palace. The evidence also indicates that after the Inca occupation of the above-mentioned region (15th century) this kind of building retained its effectiveness as a distinctive symbol of the political power of the governing elites, i.e. the curacas. The fact that local-style palaces continued to exist as referents of the political ordering of the so-called Inca province of Pachacamac (at least in the Rimac area), throws light on a topic that is still current in archaeological debate: What were the characteristics of the political domination that resulted from the Inca occupation of this corner of Tawantinsuyu? And what was the reaction of the local elites when faced with the new order that arose from this event? The present article develops this topic via the definition of the formal attributes of palaces, their description and the use of artefacts associated with them, as well as the analysis of historical sources that document the particular features of late pre-Hispanic society on the central coast.https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/5119Monumentalpalace or elite residencechaupiyungaushnuInca.
spellingShingle Luis Felipe Villacorta O.
Los palacios en la costa central durante los periodos tardíos: de Pachacamac al Inca
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines
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chaupiyunga
ushnu
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title Los palacios en la costa central durante los periodos tardíos: de Pachacamac al Inca
title_full Los palacios en la costa central durante los periodos tardíos: de Pachacamac al Inca
title_fullStr Los palacios en la costa central durante los periodos tardíos: de Pachacamac al Inca
title_full_unstemmed Los palacios en la costa central durante los periodos tardíos: de Pachacamac al Inca
title_short Los palacios en la costa central durante los periodos tardíos: de Pachacamac al Inca
title_sort los palacios en la costa central durante los periodos tardios de pachacamac al inca
topic Monumental
palace or elite residence
chaupiyunga
ushnu
Inca.
url https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/5119
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