PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE LATE ARCHAIC IN THE VALLEY OF FORTALEZA. REFLECTIONS ON EARLY COMPLEX COMPANIES IN THE NOR-CENTRAL COAST

• Autor: Vega-Centeno Sara-Lafosse, Rafael
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2004
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/12732
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/Arqueo/article/view/12732
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Costa Nor-Central; Arquitectura Monumental; Escala; Complejidad del Espacio; Montículo Piramidal; Plaza Circular.; North Central Coast; Monumental Architecture; Scale; Spatial Complexity; Pyramid Mound; Circular Court.

I present in this article the results of survey and mapping at sites with early monumental architecture in the Middle Fortaleza Valley. Architecture provisionally assigned to the Late Archaic period is analyzed, and some hypotheses on its development are proposed. The Fortaleza sites are then compared with other ones throughout the North Central Coast. I propose that the architectural complexes in this region seem to correspond to local-range sociopolitical entities, instead of large, regional polities. Finally, I conclude with some thoughts on new theoretical perspectives to understand the origins and development of such entities.