The Prehispanic Fishing On The Central Coast: A Necessary Revision According To New Data From The Fishermen’s Settlement Of Huaca 20, Maranga Complex

Abstract

Recent excavations at the site of Huaca 20, a sector of the Maranga Complex, have uncovered a shing settlement from the Late/Terminal Lima period. e spatial analysis of the residential areas and the activities performed there permits an understanding of the social dynamics of the group of sherfolk in the greater context of the Maranga Complex.
Moreover, a detailed study of the material culture and shing gear helps to understand subsistence practices and daily performance in this settlement. e analysis of earlier and later shing settlements located in the Rímac Valley and in
the nearby littoral zones contributes to interpretations of the cultural trajectory of these shing communities that are usually consider to be marginal groups.