ANT320H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Periodization Of Pre-Columbian Peru, Symbolic Capital, Trans-Cultural Diffusion
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Goldstein"s article emphasizes the shift from stew eaters to maize drinkers. This centered on the increase in the consumption of maize where tiwanaku influence was popular. The introduction of chicha / maize-based drink played a huge role in status differentiation within the andean prehistory (goldstein, 2003). Used by local aggrandizers as a leverage in chiefly feasting for symbolic capital. There was thought to be a single wave of cultural diffusion coming from tiahuanaco until further studies accounted for huari"s influence as well. Wari-style architecture and textile composition and their comparative study revealed the multi-leveled meanings that can be held by these primary sources (stone-miller, mcewan. While both sources can be complementary, they can function on different levels. Wari represent an expansionist and imperialist model. Middle horizon associated with pan andean socio political . Anita cook representation of the different ancestral ayllus. Mcewan chiefs of different andean sects. Mit"a labout tax (inka mode of production) and mitmae population relocation (economies colonies),]
