Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Proposal: Evaluating Inka Administrative Intensity at Santa Rita B, an Administrative Center in the Chao Valley, Peru

在R. Alan Covey博士的指导下，Amanda Aland将调查印加人在秘鲁北部海岸的Chao山谷的合并和管理，重点是Santa Rita B.的遗址。Chao山谷位于Chimú州的中心，后来被印加人征服，据报道，大约在公元1470年左右，印加人将海岸并入帝国。印卡人采用了各种各样的策略来控制他们庞大帝国的核心和省区，但目前对印卡人对秘鲁北部海岸的管理知之甚少。Santa Rita B是一个位于山谷中部的战略位置，拥有大约2500年的职业，包括Chimú和Inka。在这个可能成为印卡人行政中心的地方进行研究，将解决印卡人是通过现有的Chimú机构管理山谷，还是用他们自己的机构取代它们的研究问题。奥兰的研究将包括系统地挖掘和确定圣丽塔B的建筑年代，以及深入的实验室分析，以研究印加人如何改变现有的政治和经济制度，以及这些政策如何影响当地人民。挖掘将针对行政、经济和国内背景。调查Santa Rita B的行政环境对于解决Inkas如何管理先前的Chimú在该地点至关重要。与治理的经济和政治方面有关，畜栏的挖掘应该提供有关建筑中骆驼的起源的信息，以及印卡人是否以及如何利用放牧和商队的做法来为国家谋利。国内背景将提供关于谁占领了该地区以及他们如何受到印卡国家日常影响的见解。除了挖掘之外，AMS的放射性碳年代测定将有助于建立遗址和结构使用的年表，从而使遗址中所代表的印卡人的职业在空间和时间上得到确定。这个项目的智力价值在于有助于理解因卡人将秘鲁北部海岸合并和控制为国家省级地区的各种战略。它还将通过有助于理解古代帝国的扩张、征服和管理其他领土的战略来解决古代帝国的更大问题，这一概念可以应用于人类学领域。该项目将为当地社区提供学习和参与在圣丽塔b进行的研究的机会，从而产生更广泛的影响。这项研究将由奥兰女士、来自美国的学生、秘鲁当地考古学家和工人共同努力，所有人都将接受实地和实验室方法的培训。它有可能极大地影响当地社区成员，让他们参与到项目中来，并为秘鲁北部海岸的历史教育、更好的遗址管理和整体文化遗产管理提供机会。

Under the direction of Dr. R. Alan Covey, Amanda Aland will investigate the Inka incorporation and administration of the Chao Valley on the north coast of Peru, focusing on the site of Santa Rita B. The Chao Valley, located in the heart of the Chimú state, was later conquered when the Inkas incorporated the coast into the empire reportedly around A.D.1470. The Inkas employed a variety of strategies for controlling the core and provincial areas of their vast empire, but very little is currently understood about Inka administration of the north coast of Peru. Santa Rita B is a strategically located mid-valley site bearing occupations spanning approximately 2500 years, including both Chimú and Inka. Research at the site, a possible Inka administrative center, will address the research question of whether the Inkas governed the valley through existing Chimú institutions or replaced them with their own.Ms. Aland's research will include systematic excavation and dating of the structures at Santa Rita B, as well as in-depth laboratory analyses to examine how the Inkas changed existing political and economic institutions and how such policies affected local people. Excavations will target administrative, economic, and domestic contexts. Investigations into administrative contexts at Santa Rita B will be critical in addressing how the Inkas governed the preceding Chimú at the site. Associated with economic and political aspects of governance, the excavation of the corrals should provide information on the origins of the camelids housed in the structures, and if and how the Inkas made use of herding and caravanning practices to benefit the state. Domestic contexts will provide insight into who occupied the area and how they were affected by the Inka state on a daily basis. In addition to excavations, AMS radiocarbon dates will aid in the establishment of a chronology of site and structure use, allowing for the Inka occupation represented at the site to be placed in space and time.The intellectual merit of this project lies in the contribution to the understanding of the variable Inka strategies for incorporation and control of the Peruvian north coast as a provincial area of the state. It will also address the larger issue of ancient empires, by contributing to the understanding of ancient imperial strategies of expansion, conquest, and administration of other territories a concept that can be applied to the field of anthropology. This project will have a broader impact by providing opportunities to the local community to learn from and participate in the research being conducted at Santa Rita B. The research will be a collaborative effort between Ms. Aland, students from the U.S, local Peruvian archaeologists, and workers, all of whom will receive training in both field and laboratory methods. It has the potential to greatly impact the members of the local community by involving them in the project and providing opportunities for education about the history of the north coast of Peru, better site management, and overall cultural heritage management.