Historical Archaeology

, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp 108–122 | Cite as

Tarapaya: An elite Spanish residence near colonial Potosí in comparative perspective

  • Mary Van Buren
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Abstract

Research at a variety of Spanish colonial settlements in the circum-Caribbean region (Deagan 1983, 1988; Ewen 1991) has revealed consistent patterns in the types and proportions of indigenous and European artifacts in domestic assemblages. These results have suggested that acculturative processes influenced largely by gender were the standard adaptive response throughout the Spanish colonial world. Excavations at colonial sites in Peru by Rice and Smith (Rice and Smith 1989; Smith 1991, 1997) and in Bolivia by the author have yielded assemblages, however, which are differently structured and include much larger proportions of locally produced goods, including a wide variety of ceramics. These findings indicate that there were regional differences in the degree to which colonists incorporated indigenous technology into their domestic activities, a divergence that was influenced largely by local geographic and historical conditions.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Mary Van Buren
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  1. 1.Department of AnthropologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsUSA

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