Titicaca Basin archaeolinguistics - Uru, Pukina and Aymara Ad 750-1450

TitleTiticaca Basin archaeolinguistics - Uru, Pukina and Aymara Ad 750-1450
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1994
AuthorsBrowman, D. L.
JournalWorld Archaeology
Volume26
Issue2
Pagination235-251
Call NumberUCSB Main Lib GN700 .W67
AbstractCurrent linguistic and ethnohistoric models propose that the Aymara ethnic group were late migrants into the Titicaca basin, and favor Uru or Pukina ethnic groups as the authors of the Tiwanaku civilization, which dominated the Central Andes for roughly half a millenium (AD500-1000). A review of linguistic, ethnohistoric, and archaeological data suggests that the Aymara may have been organized in a manner termed 'salpicada', which resulted in the historic pattern of intermingled Uru, Pukina and Aymara communities.