Architecture in the Andes: Domestic Architecture

摘要: The domestic built environment, encompassing houses and other open spaces including patios plazas, has been of interest to Andean archaeologists for over 100 years. For nearly as long, though, the archaeology everyday realm its architecture taken a backseat study temples tombs. That said, since 1970s, some have shifted focus life, which in most cases takes place around quotidian is often demarcated internally differentiated by structure architecture. Domestic Andes elsewhere can be broken down between common elite, these will discussed separately here. I wish present range architectural patterns chronologically regionally, with primary given on Pacific coast central highlands. then discuss theoretical arguments that focused Some earliest discussions households come from north coasts (Donnan, 1964;Willey, 1953). In past 30 years, an increased led analysis household studies householdand community-level (Moore, 2012; Nash, 2009). Early was general quite ephemeral difficult see or recover archaeological record. Over 4,000 wide variability styles developed both