Political mosaics and networks

Tiwanaku expansion into the upper Desaguadero Valley, Bolivia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3919364
AutoresSimon C Smith (0000-0001-8798-3457, Franklin & Marshall College, autor de correspondencia), Scott C Smith (0000-0001-9863-6637), John W Janusek (Vanderbilt University)
Año2014
Volumen46
Número5
Páginas681-704
Fecha de publicación2014-10-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2014.953705
OpenAlexW2029932271
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas77

Ongoing debate about the expansion of the Tiwanaku state has centred on the extent to which it exercised direct political control over a continuous territory. Positions in this debate range from those that posit a unified Tiwanaku heartland comprising much of the Lake Titicaca Basin to those that conceptualize Tiwanaku influence as more circumscribed, and perhaps limited to the city itself. We engage this debate by assessing evidence for Tiwanaku expansion into the upper Desaguadero Valley, a region often argued to have been within the core area of Tiwanaku control. We present new evidence from four sites: Khonkho Wankane, Iruhito, Cerro Chijcha and Nazacara. These data suggest that Tiwanaku political influence was selective and focused on developing relationships with riverine communities in order to gain access to caravan circuits. Rather than a core area of continuous control, these processes created a shifting political mosaic rooted in fluid politico-religious webs

Archaeology · Control (management · Core (optical fiber · Geography · Mosaic · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Structural basin · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Geology · History · Latin American history and culture · Law · Paleontology · Politics and Society in Latin America