Inka Pottery production and consumption in NW Argentina, North of Chile, and Bolivia

WILLIAMS V. I.; SANTORO, C. M; ROMERO, A.; SPEAKMAN, J; GLASCOCK, MICK

San Juan de Puerto Rico

Congreso; 71 Annual Meeting Society for American Archaeologyu; 2006

Society for American Archaeology

This presentation describes the preliminary results of archaeological research regarding to Inka economy in the southern Andes through examination of the production and distribution of ceramics used in state-controlled activities . Toward this end, instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) has been undertaken on 459 samples (pottery = 414) and clay samples (N = 45) from Inka provinces in northwestern Argentina (N= 302) (in the modern Salta, Jujuy, and Catamarca provinces), Northern Chile (N= 94), and the Bolivian Altiplano (N=18) .