La Transformación del culto

Abstract

In this article I seek to contribute to the understanding of certain aspects of the ritual life of the native societies of the North Calchaquí Valley during the Inka colonization. For this, I am going to focus on the strategies developed by the people and families who were transferred from their villages of origin and resettled in the vicinity of imperial settlements, thus going on to live under the Inca orbit. The main axis will be placed on the rituals that are practiced inside the houses, such as 1) burials and 2) the daily ceremonial. To analyze this I will compare two different socio-historical contexts, a) two sites with long-standing occupation with evidence of Inka contact where the imperial influence was not so direct and b) two sites located in the vicinity or within Inka settlements, where the influence of the Tawantinsuyu was more direct. Based on this, I will argue why there is a rupture of memory and the sense of place in the families that were resettled and how new frameworks of meaning are created in this new socio-political context in which they found themselves.