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SUMMARY:Cosmo-Politics and Andean Agriculture in the Atacama Desert (Chile
 ): Late Intermediate and Inka Period (1.200-1.550 C.E.) - Dr Andres Tronco
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CONTACT:Jimena Lobo Guerrero Arenas
DESCRIPTION:The development of massive agro-hydraulic systems is a feature
  that characterises the Late Intermediate Period in the South-Central Ande
 s. Their emergence has been discussed in connection with several historica
 l processes\, such as the social aggregation of communities and the rise o
 f leadership and complex technologies. The incorporation of these territor
 ies under the Inka regime around 1.450 C.E. implied the intensification of
  the local production and the expansion of these agro-hydraulic systems\, 
 as discussed in several Southern Andes regions. In this talk\, we will exp
 lore the historical trajectory of two agro-hydraulic systems in the Atacam
 a Desert of Chile (Paniri and Topain)\, evaluating how they worked and wer
 e connected with the social and political dynamics of the local communitie
 s before and after the Inka annexation of this territory. To do this\, we 
 discuss how these systems promoted an ecology of\npractices among humans a
 nd non-humans (Earth-Beings) and a particular field of historical relation
 s where the political power\, agencies and affectivities were distributed 
 among humans and Earth-Beings (Cosmo-Politics). In this frame\, while the 
 Late Intermediate Period agrarian practices remarked the relevance and pol
 itical significance of Mountains-Earth-Beings\, during the Late Period the
 y highlighted the role of the Inka as a mediator among humans\, Mountains-
 Earth-Beings and the water.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
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