Producción tecnológica e identidad durante el dominio incaico en el Noroeste Argentino

Abstract

Technological Production and Identity during the Inka Domination in Northwestern Argentina

Inka domination in the Yocavil valley of Northwestern Argentina implied a complex articulation between central and local social formations power. Using technology production as the field to explore ways and results of struggle between state and subordinated sector interests, we analize some aspects of the changes and continuities in Santa Maria metallurgy and pottery in their technical and expressive aspects. From such analysis, we conclude that, as the circulation of material within the empire operated by restricted channels, the traditional forms of production persisted. Interpreting evidence from the perspective of cultural resistence, we propose that, in order to achieve production targets for the region, state administrators must have respected some elements of the local system of representation that were related to the specific organizational qualities of social formations in the region.