Bibliographic citations
Villalobos, J., (2021). Organización social y ritual funerario en los alrededores de la Iglesia Colonial de Huanchaco durante la ocupación Salinar [Universidad Nacional de Trujillo]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14414/22437
Villalobos, J., Organización social y ritual funerario en los alrededores de la Iglesia Colonial de Huanchaco durante la ocupación Salinar []. PE: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo; 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14414/22437
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title = "Organización social y ritual funerario en los alrededores de la Iglesia Colonial de Huanchaco durante la ocupación Salinar",
author = "Villalobos Escobar, Jorge Antonio",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional de Trujillo",
year = "2021"
}
ABSTRACT This thesis presents new evidence on the Salinar occupation in Huanchaco, located in the Moche Valley, North Coast of Peru. The objective of the research was to define the characteristics and processes of the Salinar funeral practices in the surroundings of the Colonial Church of Huanchaco and thereby understand the development of these practices in the context of political, social, and economic restructuring during the Late Early Horizon—that is, the Chavín and Cupisnique collapse. In order to investigate these devleopments, 70 funerary contexts distributed in two sectors were analyzed and described with emphasis on the graves, individuals within them, and the environment that surrounded them. The results identified three continuous occupational phases, in addition to individuals of higher social status related to dominant family groups (local elites) with offerings such as vessels, artifacts of power and prestige, tools associated with the textiles and weaving activities, spinning, music, and shamanism. However, some of these artifcats are not related with social identity, but rather the increased the symbolic charge of the grave and the individual. An important finding was the identification of feasting and closure processes related to the burial of the Salinar individuals, and the cessation of use of these spaces at the end of each occupational phase. It is argued this is related to an organized and planned funeral ritual that demonstrated the commitment of the local society to the construction of new architectural spaces in the following occupations. In conclusion, in Huanchaco the local Salinar elites strategically organized funeral ritual practices to legitimize their power, control the flow of goods, maintain forms of political and economic integration, and engage the population in expansion or construction works.
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