While drinking played a key role in Andean society for millennia, it took on new meaning
during the Middle Horizon (600–1000 CE), when the Wari empire held sway. We investigate …

Wari is thought by many to be the first Andean Empire (ca. 600–1000 AD); however, the
means of expansion, the areas controlled, the strength of the polity, and the nature of Wari …

Cerro Baúl, a site perched on a mountain in the Moquegua Valley (Peru), was once the
southernmost outpost of the Wari Empire (600-1000 CE). Over the last three decades, the …

This article explores temporality at the village of Jecosh (Ancash, Peru) using a place and
social memory framework. Through excavations and materials analysis of domestic and …

Ancient empires developed diverse strategies of political and cultural domination in their
conquered territories. One such strategy involved introducing imperially branded goods that …

The expansion and impact of the Wari polity across the Andes has been heavily debated by
scholars over the past two decades. We use radiocarbon dates, Bayesian statistics, and …

A vast amount of ceramics (among other grave goods) were recovered from Castillo de
Huarmey, a Wari culture (650–1050 ce) archaeological site on the north coast of Peru. In …

The characteristics of what is usually considered as urbanism from the perspective of
comparative archaeology, adopts, in the pre-Hispanic Central Andes, very different …

La sociedad wari (600 d. C.-1000 d. C.) reflejó un cambio sociopolítico fundamental en el
territorio andino, desarrollando novedosas técnicas de planeamiento arquitectónico de gran …

The expansive Wari state of the Middle Horizon (600–1000 CE) was the first political
structure to unify the south-central and north-central Andes. Simultaneously, Wari's political …