کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1035050 943693 2011 22 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Feasting landscapes and political economy at the Early Horizon center of Huambacho, Nepeña Valley, Peru
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم انسانی و هنر تاریخ
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Feasting landscapes and political economy at the Early Horizon center of Huambacho, Nepeña Valley, Peru
چکیده انگلیسی

The present contribution examines feasting practices at Huambacho (800–200 cal. B.C.), an Early Horizon elite center of the Nepeña Valley, Department of Ancash, Peru. Feasts are approached as long-term strategies essential to the political economy of human societies. Drawing upon data from public architecture, material culture and food remains, the study closely considers feasts as political actions and investigates the organization and social meaning of these special events. At Huambacho, I contend that the diacritical aspects of feasting practices, such as the use of exclusive spaces and special paraphernalia, contributed to the dual celebration of communal identity and prosperity, and the creation and reproduction of social inequalities. The research highlights the dual centripetal and centrifugal dynamics of Early Horizon feasts and demonstrates the role of the Huambacho center in advertising the success of the local community based on new forms of production and innovative rules of commensal hospitality.


► Feasts are universal human practices part of important political strategies.
► Variability in feasting practices inform on political economy of a society.
► Excavations at Huambacho (800–200 cal. B.C.), coastal Peru, have yielded evidence of feasts.
► Evidence from architectural forms, material culture and food remains is analyzed.
► Results indicate complex feasting landscapes with dual centripetal and centrifugal components.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology - Volume 30, Issue 3, September 2011, Pages 432–453
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