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IMPERIAL-STYLE CERAMIC PRODUCTION ON A ROYAL ESTATE IN THE INKA HEARTLAND (CUZCO, PERU)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2017

Kylie E. Quave
Kylie E. Quave*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Beloit College, 700 College St., Beloit, WI, USA53511 (kyliequave@alumni.emory.edu)
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Abstract

Horizontal excavations at the large Inka heartland village of Cheqoq (Maras, Cuzco, Peru) revealed the remains of a ceramic workshop where imperial-style vessels were produced (AD 1400–1530s). Cheqoq was a multiethnic settlement of forcibly migrated retainer laborers working for the noble lineage of the Inka ruler, Wayna Qhapaq. Production of imperial-style pottery in a small workshop associated with a royal lineage indicates that the heartland craft economy was not centralized in the urban Cuzco capital. The material remains of in situ production—raw materials, manufacturing facilities, tools, and by-products—provide a baseline for comparing other Inka pottery assemblages to this production locus.

Excavaciones horizontales en el sitio de Cheqoq (Maras, Cuzco, Perú) —un pueblo grande en el centro del territorio imperial Inka— revelaron los restos arqueológicos de un taller alfarero donde se producían vasijas del estilo imperial Cuzco-Inka (datado entre 1400 y la década de 1530 dC). Cheqoq era un asentamiento de yanakuna, obreros de varias etnias quienes fueron re-asentados obligatoriamente por el Sapa Inka, y allí se ubicaban grandes depósitos de productos agrícolas del Inka. Según las fuentes etnohistóricas, el pueblo estaba asociado con el linaje del Inka Wayna Qhapaq. La producción de alfarería de estilo imperial en un pequeño taller asociado con un linaje real indica que la economía alfarera no estaba centralizada en la capital urbana del Cuzco. El análisis de los restos de producción —incluyendo materias primas, instalaciones de fábrica, herramientas y derivados—provee una base de comparación con otros conjuntos de cerámica Inka.

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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 599 - 608
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Copyright © 2017 by the Society for American Archaeology 

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