Negotiated Settlements: Andean Communities and Landscapes under Inka and Spanish Colonialism

393 Pages·2013·16.036 MB·English

by  Steven A. Wernke

Negotiated Sett lements
University Press of Florida
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NEGOTIATED
SETTLEMENTS
Andean Communities and Landscapes
under Inka and Spanish Colonialism
Steven A. Wernke
University Press of Florida
Gainesville | Tallahassee | Tampa | Boca Raton
Pensacola | Orlando | Miami | Jacksonville | Ft. Myers | Sarasota
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Copyright 2013 by Steven A. Wernke
All rights reserved
Th e publication of this book is made possible in part by a grant from Vanderbilt University.
Printed in the United States of America. Th is book is printed on Glatfelter Natures Book,
a paper certifi ed under the standards of the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). It is a recycled
stock that contains 30 percent post-consumer waste and is acid-free.
All photos were taken by the author unless otherwise noted.
Frontis: Aerial view of the sett lement of Uyu Uyu (YA–050) and surrounding terracing, from the
south. Plaza (center-left ) is flanked by an Inka kallanka structure (left ) and chapel (right). Source:
Shippee-Johnson aerial expedition, 1931, Image #334671, American Museum of Natural History Library.
Th is book may be available in an electronic edition.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wernke, Steven A.
Negotiated sett lements : Andean communities and landscapes under Inka
and Spanish colonialism / Steven A. Wernke.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8130-4249-7 (alk. paper)
1. Indians of South America—Peru—Colca Canyon—History. 2. Indians of South America—
Peru—Colca Canyon—Social conditions. 3. Colca Canyon (Peru)—History. I. Title.
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For Tiffi ny and Livia
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CONTENTS
List of Figures viii
List of Tables xiii
Preface and Acknowledgments xv
1. Colonialism in the Andes: An Emplaced Perspective 1
2. Situating Community and Landscape 22
3. Th e Land and Peoples of the Colca Valley 39
4. Negotiating Community and Landscape
under Autonomous and Inka Rule 70
5. Convergences in the Places of Early Evangelization 158
6. Uneasy Compromises: Colonial Political-
Ecological (Dis)Articulations 214
7. Th e Ayllu Interface 251
Conclusion 294
Appendix: Principal LIP/LH Sett lements
in the Yanque-Coporaque Survey Area 303
References Cited 329
Index 359
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FIGURES
1.1. Regional map of the Colca Valley, showing provincial subdivisions
and their approximate boundaries 2
1.2. Agricultural terracing surrounds the sett lement of Uyu Uyu 3
3.1. LANDSAT ETM+ image of the Colca Valley in relation to the city of
Arequipa, showing intervening high puna grasslands 40
3.2. Topographic map of the Colca Valley, showing transects in lower,
middle, and upper valley sections 41
3.3. Panorama of terracing near Lari 42
3.4. Map of geomorphic surfaces around Yanque and Coporaque 43
3.5. Air photo of abandoned and unabandoned terracing in the Chijra/
San Antonio/Chilacota area, Coporaque 53
3.6. Perspective view of Pampa Finaya 54
4.1. Th e Yanque-Coporaque survey area and all sites registered 75
4.2. Examples of diagnostics from the Collagua ceramic sequence 77
4.3. LIP sett lements in Yanquecollaguas, Laricollaguas, and Cabana-
conde 82
4.4. LIP sites in the Yanque-Coporaque survey area 83
4.5. Detail of LIP sites in the central part of the Yanque-Coporaque
survey 84
4.6. LIP sett lements in Cabanaconde 87
4.7. LIP sett lements in Laricollaguas 89
4.8. Group of pukara hilltop forts and associated sett lements to the
southeast of Coporaque 95
4.9. Pukara fortifi cation of site CO-165, from the northwest 96
4.10. Th e peak of Pumachiri overlooking Coporaque 96
4.11. Cerro Pumachiri, from the northeast 97
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Figures ix
4.12. Panorama of Cerro Pukara and Cerro Pumachiri 98
4.13. Late Horizon sett lements in Yanquecollaguas, Laricollaguas, and
Cabanaconde 105
4.14. Late Horizon sett lements in the Yanque-Coporaque survey area 106
4.15. Late Horizon sett lements in Laricollaguas 107
4.16. Late Horizon sett lements in Cabanaconde 108
4.17. Late Horizon site-size histograms 109
4.18. Site-size histogram by house count in Yanque-Coporaque survey 109
4.19. Late Horizon occupational extent of the reducción of Yanque 111
4.20. Structure in Yanque composed of Inka-style cut-stone blocks 112
4.21. Th e Casa Choquehuanca 113
4.22. Probable LIP/LH house at the southern edge of Coporaque 114
4.23. Architectural map of Uyu Uyu 120
4.24. Oblique air photo of Uyu Uyu 121
4.25. Promontory of San Antonio 122
4.26. Air photo of Llactapampa and Tunsa, with major canals 123
4.27. Plaza area of Uyu Uyu, showing great hall to the west and chapel to
the east 124
4.28. Examples of preserved doorways in domestic structures 127
4.29. Circular house with complete doorway at Malata 129
4.30. House-size histogram, all sites 131
4.31. Boxplot of house footprint area by sett lement 132
4.32. Large house at Juscallacta 133
4.33. Examples of domestic architecture and masonry types 135
4.34. Examples of domestic architecture and masonry types 136
4.35. Examples of domestic architecture and masonry types 138
4.36. Boxplot of house area, grouped by masonry type 139
4.37. Examples of chullpas at Fatinga 141
4.38. Large, three-story chullpa with two doors at Fatinga 143
4.39. Cocoon-style vegetal fi ber mummy bundle salvaged from a looted
chullpa at Fatinga 144
4.40. Primary feeder canals in the Yanque-Coporaque survey area on the
north side of the Colca River watershed 146
4.41. Schematic of hydrological relationships between secondary sources
and primary feeder canals on the north side of the Colca River
watershed 147
4.42. Primary feeder canals in the Yanque-Coporaque survey area on the
south side of the Colca River watershed 149
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