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Peruvian Settlement Pattern Studies and Small Site Methodology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

M. Edward Moseley  and
Carol J. Mackey
M. Edward Moseley
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Carol J. Mackey
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, San Fernando Valley State College
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Abstract

Settlement pattern research was introduced to Peruvian archaeology by Gordon R. Willey 2 decades ago. A critical review of this pioneering work points up a basic problem in the structure of analysis. The problem is generated by the use of a simple site taxonomy that is insensitive to the range of human activities that went on at different settlements. Examination of the subsequent course of settlement pattern research shows that this fundamental problem has not been recognized or dealt with in a constructive manner. The small site methodology is introduced as one possible means of treating sites in terms of the different activity patterns they housed.

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American Antiquity , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 1972 , pp. 67 - 81
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1972

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