Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Mechanics of Empire and Integration -- the Role of Small-scale Inca Installations in the Colesuyo Region of Southern Peru

在帕特里克·瑞安·威廉姆斯博士的指导下，索菲亚·查卡尔塔纳将探索秘鲁南部科尔苏约地区印加帝国统治下当地经济是如何转变的。查卡尔塔纳女士将挖掘塔卡瓦伊沿海考古遗址，那里有印加建筑的证据，似乎是印加的一个中转站(坦博)。坦博是沿着帝国的主要和次要道路系统地建造的设施。她还将在中途站周围的房屋中挖掘，看看印加的存在是如何影响当地人口的。从这次发掘中收集的数据将与卡马塔·坦博印加遗址、印加中转站以及位于科尔苏约高地的邻近当地人民的房屋进行比较。挖掘将集中在帝国的中央存储系统和附近的房屋，以更好地了解帝国在该地区的政治和经济利益。尽管人们知道印加帝国的一体化战略，但人们对帝国如何影响当地社区和地区互动知之甚少。查卡尔塔纳将对塔卡瓦伊印加仓库和塔卡瓦伊普韦布洛的四座房屋进行小规模挖掘，以检测这些国家控制和地方控制的空间中存放的产品的类型和数量。这些信息将有助于了解当地消费和当地储存技术从前印加时代到印加时期的变化方式。此外，这项调查还有助于了解帝国的行动如何影响当地的利益、资源以及政治和经济需求，这是当今全球经济中的一个优先事项。基于Colesuyo的考古和历史数据，将测试三个模型，以观察帝国对该地区当地社区的影响。Chacaltana女士将分析植物和动物遗骸以及陶瓷碎片的化学成分，以观察印加时期当地和地区的货物交换情况。对位于莫夸加河谷上游的Camata Tambo仓库和附近农业设施进行的初步调查显示，这些皇家仓储系统存放着来自Colesuyo不同生态区和更远地区的货物。它还显示出玉米生产的集约化和对土豆日益增长的储藏偏好。通过重点研究两个小规模印加设施(坦博)的储存模式，该项目将观察安第斯山脉两个生态环境中的帝国变异性。几种实验室方法和数据线将被用来观察帝国在一个地区的存在是帝国利益和地方利益的动态结果。这项研究的更广泛影响取决于这样一个事实，即它创建了一个多国家研究合作，将有助于加强美国和秘鲁调查人员之间的关系。MsChacaltana女士在Contisuyo计划工作，这是一家位于莫夸瓜市的国际考古研究机构，她是该组织的活跃成员。Contisuyo计划坚定地致力于公共宣传和当地教育。最后，Chacaltana女士将与当地政府密切合作，帮助提高人们对前西班牙裔遗址管理和文化遗产重要性的认识。

Under the direction of Dr. Patrick Ryan Williams, Sofia Chacaltana will explore how local economies were transformed under Inca imperial rule of the Colesuyo region in Southern Peru. Ms Chacaltana will excavate the coastal archaeological site of Tacahuay that has evidence of Inca architecture and appears to be an Inca way station (tambo). Tambos were installations systematically built along the main and secondary roads of the empire. She will also excavate in houses around the way station to see how the Inca presence affected the local population. Data gathered from this excavation will be compared with the Inca site of Camata Tambo, an Inca waystation and adjacent local peoples' houses located in the highlands of the Colesuyo territory. Excavations will focus on imperial central storage systems and nearby houses to better understand the political and economic interests of the empire in the region.Despite what is known about Inca imperial strategies of integration, little is understood about the way the empire impacted local communities and regional interactions. Ms Chacaltana will conduct small-scale excavations in the Tacahuay Inca storage structures, and in four houses from Tacahuay Pueblo to detect the types and quantities of products kept in these state-controlled and locally controlled spaces. This information will help to understand the way local consumption and local storing technologies changed from the pre-Inca to Inca period. In addition, this investigation contributes to understanding how imperial actions impact local interests, resources, and political and economic demands, a priority in today's global economy. Based on archaeological and historical data from Colesuyo, three models will be tested to observe the imperial impact in local communities of this region. Ms Chacaltana will analyze plant and animal remains as well as chemical composition of ceramic fragments to observe local and regional exchange of goods during the Inca period. Preliminary investigations conducted at Camata Tambo storehouses and nearby agricultural facilities - located in the upper Moquegua Valley - showed that these imperial storage systems kept goods from different ecological zones of Colesuyo and more distance regions. It also showed an intensification of maize production and a growing storage preference for potatoes. By focusing on storage patterns in two small-scale Inca installations (tambos), this project will observe imperial variability in two ecological settings of the Andes. Several lab methodologies and lines of data will be used to observe how imperial presence in a region is the dynamic result of both imperial and local interests.The broader impact of this research rests on the fact that it creates a multi-national research cooperation that will contribute to strengthen the relationships between US and Peruvian investigators. MsChacaltana works with the Contisuyo Program, an international archaeological research institution located in the city of Moquegua, of which she is an active member. The Contisuyo Program has a strong commitment to public outreach and local education. Finally, Ms Chacaltana will closely work with local governments to help create awareness of the importance of pre-Hispanic site management and cultural heritage.