Huachipa-Jicamarca: cronología y desarrollo sociopolítico en el Rímac

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"HUACHIPA-JICAMARCA: CHRONOLOGY AND SOCIOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIMAC RIVER VALLEY. This article examines the Formative Period (circa 1700-100 B.C.) in the Rímac River Valley based on a stratigraphic sample excavated in the site of Huachipa. Our contribution is divided into two related aspects. The first describes the pottery sequence arranged for the Huachipa area. This cultural sequence begins in the Middle Formative (circa 1000 B.C.) and ends in the Late Formative phases (circa 100 B.C.), with the pottery style ?White on Red?. According to this sequence, the lower and middle parts of the Rímac River Valley were culturally integrated since temples and villages shared similar pottery styles. In addition, there is a notable occurrence of a stylistic pottery component named Huachipa-Jicamarca C from which we infer cultural relationships with the societies of Topará (Chincha Valley) and Ocucaje (Ica Valley) societies. The latter could have taken place by 200-100 B.C., and suggests that both central and south coast societies maintained permanent cultural contact. The second aspect examined by this article is the settlement system and the nature of the sociopolitical organization of the lower and middle parts of the Rímac Valley society. It is proposed that village life and public building construction, which characterized the Formative period of this valley, were associated with chiefdom-like political systems. The most prominent feature of this type of society is its display of a complicated religious structure. Also, the existence of a U-shaped temple (San Antonio) nearby the domestic settlement of Huachipa suggests that villages and temples were part of a politically integrated settlement system."