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Ethnicity and Identity Ethnicity and Identity
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Regional Biocultural Context Regional Biocultural Context
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Late Pre-Hispanic Ethnic Identity, Death, and Society Late Pre-Hispanic Ethnic Identity, Death, and Society
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The Colonial Period to 1750 The Colonial Period to 1750
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The Chapel of San Pedro de Mórrope The Chapel of San Pedro de Mórrope
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Pre-Hispanic Rituals and Ethnogenesis in Colonial Mórrope Pre-Hispanic Rituals and Ethnogenesis in Colonial Mórrope
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Biological Hybridization and Ritual Syncretism in Colonial Mórrope Biological Hybridization and Ritual Syncretism in Colonial Mórrope
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Identity Manipulation and Ethnogenesis in Colonial Peru Identity Manipulation and Ethnogenesis in Colonial Peru
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Conclusions Conclusions
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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
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Notes Notes
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References Cited References Cited
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6 Surviving Contact: Biological Transformation, Burial, and Ethnogenesis in the Colonial Lambayeque Valley, North Coast of Peru
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Published:January 2011
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Abstract
The profound biocultural interchange resulting from European contact produced a variety of indigenous experiences. In this chapter, multiple lines of evidence are integrated to infer the changing experience of the post-colonial Mochica from San Pedro de Mórrope. Postcontact declines in health are consistent with fragmentary Lambayeque ethnohistoric records suggesting harsh labor extraction and Spanish success at dismantling pre-Hispanic socioeconomic systems of collective well-being. Simultaneously, colonial mortuary patterns at Mórrope involved preservation of Mochica identity including complex ritual manipulations of skeletal remains. The agency of the indigenous Mochica not only forged a hybrid culture, but death rituals were a locus of social memory and symbolic resistance to colonization, endeavoring to buffer the potentially catastrophic effects of conquest. Ultimately, this contextualized case study illustrates interrelationships between health outcomes, ethnogenesis and identity, and the dynamic adaptations of indigenous peoples in postcontact Peru.
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