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The Quest for Mullu: Concepts, Trade, and the Archaeological Distribution, of Spondylus in the Andes PDF Print E-mail
Written by D. Blower   
Thursday, 08 March 2007 18:24
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Blower, D., 1995, The Quest for Mullu: Concepts, Trade, and the Archaeological Distribution, of Spondylus in the Andes, Trent University. Ph. D. dissertation.

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The Dynamics of Pre-Columbian Spondylus trade across the South American Central Pacific Coast PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alexander Martin   
Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:09
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Martin, Alexander, 2001, La dinámica del intercambio precolombino de Spondylus a lo largo de la costa pacífica central de Sudamérica (Perú, Ecuador), Tesis de Maestria, Florida Atlantic University.

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Esta tesis provee un análisis de los restos arqueológicos de la concha Spondylus en la costa central del pacífico sudamericano. La frecuencia, distribución espacial, y contextos culturales son comparados geográfica y temporalmente con el propósito de establecer la razón del intercambio, la forma del tráfico, las rutas por las que se desplazó, y como evolucionó a través del tiempo. El muestreo usado en este análisis fuertemente respalda un escenario en el cual el tráfico de Spondylus con Perú se mantuvo de pequeña escala y poca sofisticación durante la mayoría de su existencia en forma de una serie de transacciones informales llevadas acabo por comunidades vecinas. No es sino hasta Moche V en el valle de Moche, y durante la subsiguiente ocupación chimú, que una revolución con respecto a la explotación de este recurso ocurre. Esta revolución incluye un drástico incremento en la frecuencia de sitios que reportan Spondylus, una proliferación de sus representaciones iconográficas, la aparición de los contextos rituales descritos etnohistoricamente, y el comienzo de una infraestructura de redistribución organizada a nivel estatal (alrededor de Chan Chan).

Abstract:
This thesis provides an analysis of the archeological remains of Spondylus in the Central Pacific Coast of South America. The frequency of occurrence, spatial distribution and cultural context are compared both geographically and temporally to establish the reason for the trade of Spondylus, what form this exchange took, through what routes it moved, and how it evolved through time. The sample strongly supports a scenario in which Spondylus trade with Peru stayed relatively small scale and unsophisticated through most of its existence as a series of informal commercial transactions by neighboring communities. It is not until Moche V in the Moche Valley, and the subsequent Chimu occupation, that a revolution in the exploitation of this resource occurs with a sudden increase in site frequency, a proliferation of iconographic depictions, the appearance of ritual contexts, and the appearance of a state organized redistribution infrastructure (around Chan Chan).
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