Tambo Viejo: un asentamiento fortificado en el valle de Acarí, Perú

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Valdez, Lidio M.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The emergence of violent conflict and of fortified settlements is a subject little studied within Peruvian archaeology. However, I consider it vital to investigate and determine the time and the rea- sons under which fortified settlements were first es- tablished. The central aim of this paper is to discuss when and why fortified settlements emerged first in the Acari Valley and, by extension, in the south coast of Peru. Available archaeological evidence indicates that during the Early Intermediate Period, Tambo Viejo was a fortified settlement protected by several massive walls. Other neighbouring sites in Acari were also fortified. Furthermore, in Acari there is conclu- sive evidence for violence in the form of decapitated individuals. In contrast to evidence coming from Acari, not a single Early Intermediate Period settle- ment from other valleys of the Peruvian south coast can be securely identified as fortifications, thus mak- ing the Acari sites the earliest fortified settlements of the entire Peruvian south coast.
Starting Page	3
Ending Page	23
Page Count	21
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Volume Number	19
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Language	English
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