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THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS AND ECONOMIC INTERACTIONS OF THE HOUSEHOLDS AT GRAMALOTE, A SMALL-SCALE RESIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT DURING THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BC ON THE NORTH COAST OF PERU

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2018

Gabriel Prieto
Gabriel Prieto*
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor. Universidad Nacional de Trujillo-Programa Arqueológico Huanchaco, Trujillo-Peru 13011 (gabrielprietobur@gmail.com)
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Abstract

Excavations at the small-scale domestic settlement of Gramalote between 2010 and 2014 allowed the exploration of the social dynamics and economic interactions in the second millennium BC on the Peruvian North Coast. Detailed excavations and materials recovered during the intervention contribute a unique opportunity to explore domestic aspects of early settlements in the Andes. This study presents new data on the public sectors of Gramalote's settlement, house-to-house differences, and evidence that the extended family was a unit of economic productivity and collective action. This analysis assesses the degree of overlap, and lack thereof, in the economic activities of each house during the Initial Period (1500–1200 cal BC). A new model for social and economic interactions is proposed, with the aim of exploring alternative models from the bottom-up perspective for the emergence and consolidation of social complexity in the Central Andean Region.

Las excavaciones realizadas en el sitio doméstico de Gramalote entre 2010 y 2014 permitieron explorar las dinámicas sociales y las interacciones económicas durante el segundo milenio aC en la costa norte del Perú. En este estudio se presentan nuevos datos sobre los espacios públicos de este asentamiento, las similitudes y diferencias entre las casas excavadas y evidencia de que las familias extendidas pudieron haber sido la unidad de producción. Finalmente, se propone un nuevo modelo para las interacciones sociales y económicas con el objetivo de explorar modelos alternativos desde una perspectiva ascendente para la emergencia y consolidación de la complejidad social en la región de los Andes Centrales.

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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 532 - 551
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Copyright © 2018 by the Society for American Archaeology 

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