Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Frontier of the Heartland: Chimu Imperial Strategies in the Sinsicap Valley, Peru

在保罗·戈德斯坦博士的带领下，艾丽西亚·博斯韦尔将研究史前晚期奇穆帝国是如何与秘鲁邻近辛西卡普山谷的居民互动的。我们的目标是了解Chimú帝国在硅谷的战略。通过收集与遗址建筑模式、家庭活动、经济和生存模式相关的数据，该挖掘策略可以对Chimú扩建期间两个遗址的家庭活动进行比较研究。这个项目与安第斯山脉内外的帝国研究相关，因为它的方法方法强调了受试者群体的自由程度和他们可以追求自己目标的程度。考察居民家庭和实践如何随时间变化是一个重要的，但在帝国研究中未得到充分利用的视角。Sinsicap山谷是chaupiyunga生态位内Moche河的一条支流。位于海岸和高地之间的chaupiyunga （500-2,000 masl）是安第斯山脉西坡上唯一生产古柯的生态区，古柯是一种非常有价值的资源，对仪式和其他传统的安第斯政治经济战略很重要。chaupiyunga的另一个重要特征是它位于人口稠密的海岸和高原政体之间的中间位置，该地区的居民在整个史前时期都与这些政体保持着交流关系。尽管该地区资源丰富，地理位置优越，但考古调查却很少。博斯韦尔收集的民族历史和初步考古证据表明，Sinsicap山谷中存在Chimú。本研究的另一个考虑因素是Sinsicap山谷靠近城市Chimú首都Chan Chan，位于海岸的Moche山谷口。Sinsicap山谷距离禅禅只有40公里。对Chimú帝国北部和南部边界的研究考察了行政中心和相关地点，以了解Chimú的扩张，发现各种帝国战略的使用对被征服的领土和人口产生了革命性的影响。研究人员关注的是Chimú与其他沿海政治的互动，而忽略了Chimú与东部边境人口的互动及其对理解帝国的影响。该项目将进一步了解Chimú帝国主义和安第斯沿海政治与其他生态区人口的相互作用。这个项目强调国际合作，来自秘鲁和美国的考古学家和学生将在整个项目中共同努力。项目结果将以英文和西班牙文在同行审查的出版物中传播，而原始数据将提供给公众使用。Boswell组织了一个非营利组织MOCHE， INC与Sinsicap Valley的Emiliana Gonzalez Obregoso de Collambay农民社区之间的合作伙伴关系。社区成员同意保护当地考古遗址不受掠夺，以换取对发展项目的援助。这种伙伴关系是提高当地对保护当地考古遗址/资源重要性的认识的重要组成部分。Boswell将继续通过在该地区的社区会议和学校介绍她的研究来推广Sinsicap山谷的文化遗产。

Under Dr. Paul Goldstein, Alicia Boswell will examine how the late prehistoric Chimu empire interacted with residents in the adjacent Sinsicap Valley in Peru. The goal is to understand Chimú imperial strategies in the valley. By collecting data related to site architectural patterns, domestic activities, economics, and subsistence patterns this excavation strategy allows a comparative study of the domestic activities of two sites occupied during Chimú expansion.This project is relevant to imperial studies both within and outside the Andes, as its methodological approach emphasizes subject groups' degree of leeway and the extent to which they can pursue their own goals. Examining inhabitants' households and how practices changed over time is an important, but underutilized perspective in imperial studies. The Sinsicap Valley is a tributary of the Moche river within the chaupiyunga ecological niche. Located between the coast and the highlands, the chaupiyunga (500-2,000 masl) is the only ecological zone on the western slope of the Andes that produces coca, a highly valued resource important for ritual and other traditional Andean strategies of political economy. Another crucial attribute of the chaupiyunga is its intermediary location between densely populated coast and highland polities with whom residents of this region maintained exchange relations throughout prehistory. In spite of its resources and strategic geographical location little archaeological investigation has occurred in this zone. Ethnohistoric and preliminary archaeological evidence collected by Boswell indicate a Chimú presence in the Sinsicap Valley. An additional consideration in this study is the close proximity of the Sinsicap Valley to the urban Chimú capital Chan Chan, located at the mouth of the Moche Valley on the coast. The Sinsicap Valley is only forty kilometers from Chan Chan. Studies of the northern and southern frontiers of the Chimú Empire have examined administrative centers and associated sites to understand Chimú expansion, finding the use of diverse imperial strategies had a transformative impact on conquered territories and populations. Researchers have focused on how the Chimú interacted with other coastal polities, overlooking Chimú interaction with populations on its eastern frontier and its implications for understanding the empire. This project will further understanding of Chimú imperialism and Andean coastal polities' interaction with populations in other ecological zones. This project emphasizes international collaboration as archaeologists and students from Peru and the United States will work together throughout the project. Project results will be disseminated in peer-reviewed publications in both English and Spanish, while the raw data will be made available for public use. Boswell has organized a partnership between MOCHE, INC, a 501c3 non-profit organization, and the Communidad Campesina Emiliana Gonzalez Obregoso de Collambay of the Sinsicap Valley. Community members have agreed to protect local archaeological sites from looting in return for assistance in development projects. This partnership is an essential component in developing local awareness of the importance of preserving local archaeological sites/resources. Boswell will continue to promote the cultural heritage of the Sinsicap Valley through presentation of her research at community meetings and schools in the region.