UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press Title Kasapata and the Archaic Period of the Cuzco Valley Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/92s009cg ISBN 978-1-931745-34-5 Author Bauer, Brian S. Publication Date 2007-03-01 Data Availability The data associated with this publication are within the manuscript. Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California KASAPATA ANDKASAPATA THE ARCHAIC THE VALLEY OF CUZCO PERIOD lthough the Cuzco Valley of Peru is renowned for being the heartland of the Incas, little is known concerning its Apre-Inca inhabitants. Until recently it was widely believed that the first inhabitants of the Cuzco Valley were farmers who lived in scattered villages along the valley floor (ca. 1000 BC) and that there were no Archaic Period remains in the region. This perspective was challenged during a systematic survey of the valley, when numerous preceramic sites were found. Additional information came from excavations at the site of Kasapata, the largest preceramic site identified during the survey. It is now clear that the Cuzco Valley was inhabited, like many other regions of the Andes, soon after the retreat of the Pleistocene glaciers and that it supported thriving cultures of hunters and foragers for hundreds of generations before the advent of permanent settlements. This edited volume provides the first overview of the Archaic Period (9000 – 2200 BC) in the Cuzco Valley. The chapters include a detailed discussion of the distribution of Archaic sites in the valley as well as the result of excavations at the site of Kasapata. Separate chapters are dedicated to examining the lithics, human burials, faunal remains, and obsidian recovered at this remarkably well-preserved site. “This [volume] is the first substantial work on the preceramic occupation of the Cuzco region, and it will provide an invaluable set of research criteria for further studies. As such, the book breaks important new ground, and will be appealing to scholars who have an interest in related processes occurring in other parts of the Andean region. It will be the reference for guiding further research on the preceramic occupation of the Cuzco region.” – R. Alan Covey, Southern Methodist University BAUER ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-35-2 KASAPATA AND THE ARCHAIC PERIOD OF THE CUZCO VALLEY MONOGRAPHS Contributions in Field Research and Current Issues in Archaeological Method and Theory MO54 Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology - 1 Charles Stanish, Amanda B. Cohen, and Mark S. Aldenderfer MO53 Us and Them: Archaeology and Ethnicity in the Andes Richard Martin Reycraft MO52 Archaeological Research on the Islands of the Sun and Moon, Lake Titicaca, Charles Stanish and Brian S. Bauer (editors) Bolivia: Final Results from the Proyecto Tiksi Kjarka MO51 Maya Zooarchaeology: New Directions in Theory and Method Kitty F. Emery (editor) MO50 Settlement Archaeology and Political Economy at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz, Christopher A. Pool (editor) Mexico MO49 Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity Gyles Iannone and Samuel V. Connell (editors) MO48 Yeki bud, yeki nabud : Essays on the archaeology of Iran in honor of William M. Naomi F. Miller and Kamyar Abdi (editors) Sumner MO47 Archaeology in the Borderlands : Investigation in Caucasia and Beyond Adam T. Smith and Karen S. Rubinson (editors) MO46 Domestic Ritual in Ancient Mesoamerica Patricia Plunket (editor) MO45 Pathways to Prismatic Blades Kenneth Hirth and Bradford Andrews (editors) MO44 Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest Donna M. Glowacki and Hector Neff (editors) MO43 Pottery of Postclassic Cholula, Mexico Geoffrey McCafferty MO42 Pompeian Households: An Analysis of the Material Culture Penelope M. Allison MO41 Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces: New Interpretations of an Old Idea Michael L. Galaty and William A. Parkinson (editors) MO40 Prehistory of Agriculture: New Experimental and Ethnographic Approaches Patricia C. Anderson (editor) MO39 Recent Advances in the Archaeology of the Northern Andes. In Memory of Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo and J. Scott Raymond (editors) Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff MO38 Approaches to the Historical Archaeology of Mexico, Central and South America Gasco, Greg Charles Smith, and Patricia Fournier-Garcia MO37 Hawaiian Adze Production and Distribution: Implications for the Development Barbara Lass of Chiefdoms MO36 New Light on Old Art: Recent Advances in Hunter-Gatherer Rock Art Research D. W. Whitley and L. L. Loendorf (editors) MO35 Pottery of Prehistoric Honduras: Regional Classification and Analysis J. S. Henderson and M. Beaudry-Corbett MO34 Settlement Archaeology of Cerro de las Mesas, Veracruz, Mexico Barbara Stark (editor) MO33 Girikihaciyan: A Halafian Site in Southeastern Turkey P. J. Watson and S. LeBlanc MO32 Western Pomo Prehistory: Excavations at Albion Head, Nightbirds’ Retreat and Thomas N. Layton Three Chop Village, Mendocino County, California MO31 Investigaciones Arqueológicos de la Costa Sur de Guatemala David S. Whitley and Marilyn P. Beaudry (editors) MO30 Archaeology of the Three Springs Valley, California. A Study in Functional Brian D. Dillon and Matthew A. Boxt Cultural History MO29 Obsidian Dates IV: A Compendium of Obsidian Hydration Readings from the Clement W. Meighan and Janet L. Scalise (editors) UCLA Obsidian Hydrastion Laboratory MO28 Archaeological Field Research in the Upper Mantaro, Peru, 1982-1983: Timothy Earle et al. (editors) Investigations of Inka Expansion and Exchange MO27 Andean Archaeology, Papers in Memory of Clifford Evans Ramiro Matos M., Solveig Turpin, Herbert Eling, Jr. (editors) MO26 Excavations at Mission San Antonio 1976-1978 Robert L. Hoover and Julio J. Costello (editors) MO25 Prehistoric Production and Exchange in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean A. Bernard Knapp and Tamara Stech (editors) MO24 Pots and Potters: Current Approaches in Ceramic Archaeology Prudence Rice MO23 Pictographs and Pegroglyphs of the Oregon Country, Part 2 J. Malcolm Loring and Louise Loring MO22 The Archaeology of Two Northern California Sites Delmer E. Sanburg, F. K. Mulligan, Joseph Chartkoff, and Kerry Chartkoff MO21 Pictographs and Petroglyphs of the Oregon Country, Part 1 Malcolm Loring and Louise Loring MO20 Messages from the Past: Studies in California Rock Art Clement W. Meighan (editor) MO19 Prehistoric Indian Rock Art: Issues and Concerns JoAnne Van Tilburg and Clement W. Meighan (editors) MO18 Studies in Cypriote Archaeology Jane C. Biers and David Soren MO17 Excavations in Northern Belize, Central America Raymond Sidrys MO16 Obsidian Dates III: A Compendium of Obsidian Hydration Determinations Clement Meighan and Glenn Russell Made at the UCLA Obsidian Hydration Laboratory MO15 Inland Chumash Archaeological Investigations David S. Whitley, E. L. McCann, and C. W. Clewlow, Jr. (editors) MO14 Papers in Cycladic Prehistory Jack L. Davis and John F. Cherry (editors) MO13 Archaeological Investigations at the Ring Brothers Site Complex, Thousand C. W. Clewlow, Jr., David S. Whitley and Ellen L. McCann Oaks, California (editors) MO12 The Running Springs Ranch Site: Archaeological Investigations at VEN-65 and Jack Prichett and Allen McIntyre VEN-261 MO11 The Archaeology of Oak Park, Ventura County, California C. William Clewlow, Jr. and David S. Whitley (editors) MO10 Rock Art of East Mexico and Central America: An Annotated Bibliography Matthias Strecker MO09 The Late Minoan I Destruction of Crete: Metal Groups and Stratigraphic Hara Georgiou Considerations MO08 Papers on the Economy and Architecture of the Ancient Maya Raymond Sidrys (editor) MO07 History and Prehistory at Grass Valley, Nevada C. W. Clewlow, Jr., Helen F. Wells, and Richard Ambro (editors) MO06 Obsidian Dates II: A Compendium of Obsidian Hydration Determinations C. W. Meighan and P. I. Vanderhoeven (editors) Made at the UCLA Obsidian Hydration Laboratory MO05 The Archaeology of Oak Park, Ventura County, California C. W. Clewlow, Jr., Allen Pastron, and Helen F. Wells (editors) MO04 Ethnoarchaeology Christopher B. Donnan, C. William Clewlow, Jr. MO03 Obsidian Dates I: A Compendium of the Obsidian Determinations Made at the Clement W. Meighan, Frank J. Findlow, Suzanne P. De Atley UCLA Obsidian Hydration Laboratory MO02 Chevelon Archaeological Research Project Fred T. Plog, James N. Hill, Dwight W. Read MO01 Investigation of a Late Prehistoric Complex in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, D.L. True San Diego County, California KASAPATA AND THE ARCHAIC PERIOD OF THE CUZCO VALLEY EDITED BY BRIAN S. BAUER WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY BRIAN S. BAUER RICHARD L. BURGER ROSA J. CORTEZ V. SUSAN D. DEFRANCE MICHAEL D. GLASCOCK BRADFORD JONES CYNTHIA KLINK RICHARD C. SUTTER C O T S E N I NSTITUTE OF A RCHAEOLOGY U NI V E R S I T Y O F C ALIFORNIA, L O S A NGELES THE COTSEN INStitUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY at UCLA is a research unit at the University of California, Los Angeles that promotes the comprehensive and interdisciplinary study of the human past. Established in 1973, the Cotsen Institute is a unique resource that provides an opportunity for faculty, staff, graduate students, research associates, volunteers and the general public to gather together in their explorations of ancient human societies. Former President and CEO of Neutrogena Corporation Lloyd E. Cotsen has been associated with UCLA for more than 30 years as a volunteer and donor and maintains a special interest in archaeology. Lloyd E. Cotsen has been an advisor and supporter of the Institute since 1980. In 1999, The UCLA Institute of Archaeology changed its name