@article{1773d7106c7b4b18b1d466cd548bf2fe,
title = "Creating a body-subject in the Late Moche Period (CE 650 – 850). Bioarchaeological and biogeochemical analyses of human offerings from Huaca Colorada, Jequetepeque Valley, Peru",
abstract = "Human offerings in the archaeological record are commonly defined by their community affiliation, the ceremonial events following their death and the places where they are interred. The deposition of an individual links kin members to the landscape but also seems to mark time and memory. Here we argue that inter-generational memory, created through cyclical depositions of local, coastal community members at Huaca Colorada, reflects political alliances during the Late Moche Period of northern Peru. Using multiple lines of evidence, which include osteological, isotopic and burial context data, this article interprets the human offerings among the Moche of the Andes and argues that the significance of foundation offerings lies not exclusively in the spectacle of sacrifice, but in creating memory that maintains or transforms sacred landscapes.",
keywords = "Habitus, architectural renovations, memory, strontium isotopes",
author = "Alaica, {Aleksa K.} and {Gonz{\'a}lez La Rosa}, {Luis Manuel} and Knudson, {Kelly J.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research would not have been possible without the support and feedback of Edward Swenson. We thank Francisco Seoane, Mar{\'i}a Jos{\'e} Culquichic{\'o}n, Jorge Chiguala and John Warner for their many years of co-direction and aid in receiving permission from the Ministry of Culture in Peru to export the samples analysed in this article (resolution #088-2016-VMPCIC/MC and #266-2018-VMPCIC-MC). The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada doctoral award (752-2014-2431), Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (Gr. 9580), the Archaeology Centre and Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto provided financial support to A. Alaica. The isotopic work was conducted at Arizona State University, in the Archaeological Chemistry Laboratory and the W.M. Keck Foundation Laboratory for Environmental Biogeochemistry and we would like to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Gwyneth Gordon, Natalya Zolotova, Alexandra Greenwald, Beth Koontz Scaffidi and Sarah Hall. We thank Stephen Berquist, James Crandall, Anna Guengerich, Katrina Joosten, Lindi Masur and Giles Spence-Morrow for their careful excavation and curation of these remains. Melissa Lund and Elsa Tomasto Cagigao undertook osteological analyses for 2009–2011 seasons. A. Alaica undertook a reanalysis of 2009–2011 seasons with further analysis of the 2014–2018 seasons. L.M. Gonzalez La Rosa led analyses of the osteological material for the 2018 season. Environmental baseline samples were collected by A. Alaica and S. Berquist. We would like to acknowledge that archaeological work brings about new insights each time analyses are undertaken and we look forward to the use of new methodologies and for new questions to be posed about the human offerings from Huaca Colorada. Funding Information: This work was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada [752-2014-2431]; Wenner-Gren Foundation [9580]. This research would not have been possible without the support and feedback of Edward Swenson. We thank Francisco Seoane, Mar?a Jos? Culquichic?n, Jorge Chiguala and John Warner for their many years of co-direction and aid in receiving permission from the Ministry of Culture in Peru to export the samples analysed in this article (resolution #088-2016-VMPCIC/MC and #266-2018-VMPCIC-MC). The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada doctoral award (752-2014-2431), Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (Gr. 9580), the Archaeology Centre and Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto provided financial support to A. Alaica. The isotopic work was conducted at Arizona State University, in the Archaeological Chemistry Laboratory and the W.M. Keck Foundation Laboratory for Environmental Biogeochemistry and we would like to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Gwyneth Gordon, Natalya Zolotova, Alexandra Greenwald, Beth Koontz Scaffidi and Sarah Hall. We thank Stephen Berquist, James Crandall, Anna Guengerich, Katrina Joosten, Lindi Masur and Giles Spence-Morrow for their careful excavation and curation of these remains. Melissa Lund and Elsa Tomasto Cagigao undertook osteological analyses for 2009?2011 seasons. A. Alaica undertook a reanalysis of 2009?2011 seasons with further analysis of the 2014?2018 seasons. L.M. Gonzalez La Rosa led analyses of the osteological material for the 2018 season. Environmental baseline samples were collected by A. Alaica and S. Berquist. We would like to acknowledge that archaeological work brings about new insights each time analyses are undertaken and we look forward to the use of new methodologies and for new questions to be posed about the human offerings from Huaca Colorada. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, {\textcopyright} 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1080/00438243.2019.1743205",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "52",
pages = "49--70",
journal = "World Archaeology",
issn = "0043-8243",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "1",
}