Brian Bauer. Antropologo y arqueologo sobre los Incas

Current Research bsb@uic.edu

The Chanka Archaeological Project
I am currently co-directing with Sabine Hyland the Chanka Archaeological Project. Around AD 1438 two emerging states, the Inca and the Chanka, battled for control of the Central Andes of Peru. The Inca, who emerged victorious, would go on to become the largest empire of the New World. In contrast, the Chanka were defeated by the Inca and their homeland was incorporated into the Inca empire.The core region of the Chanka, located in the Andahuaylas region of central Peru, remains unexplored and the cultural processes that lead to their rapid development and subsequent defeat by the Inca have never been investigated. To address these concerns I am currently conducting an NSF supported archaeological survey of the Chanka heartland in conjunction with a large scale investigation of archives in Cuzco, Lima, and Seville.