Los nuevos sujetos imperiales del valle de Copiapó: estilos Diaguita e Inca local en los pucos del período Tardío

Abstract

During the Inca imperial expansion, new kinds of pottery forms and styles appeared inCopiapo valley. Besides the presence of new pots such as aribalos, aisanas, and shallow plates,local unrestricted and simple profile pots persisted. Furthermore, their designs incorporated amix of locally re-interpreted Diaguita-Inca styles.This paper is based on the morphological and stylistic analysis of pots from museumcollections, which came from Copiapo coast and valley, excluding the Copiapo black-on-redstyle local pots. The most abundant stylistic patterns in the sample are the Zigzag, DoubleZigzag, Diamonds in Double Mirror Reflection, and Greca Inca including all their variations,which are local interpretations of Cuzco and Diaguita designs. The creation of these newtypes suggests the rise of new social identities, where local actors negotiated the symbolicreferents of their material culture during a time of important political and social changes.