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Carlos E. Rengifo

 

2014 Phd in Art History, Sainsbury Research Unit, UEA (UK)

2005 Licentiate in Archaeology, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru

2004 B.A. in Social Sciences, Archaeology, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru

Research interests:

Craft specialisation, art making, social boundaries, funerary practices, social identity, power relationships.

Carlos Rengifo is an Andean archaeologist specialised in the Moche society and Peruvian north coast prehistory. Associate researcher in Huaca de la Luna Archaeological Project and San José de Moro Archaeological Program, he has conducted various excavations between 2002 and 2008 regarding burials and workshops in ceremonial and urban centres.

His current studies focus on the shaping of identity, power relationships, specialised craft production and funerary practices. In this regard he has published articles on metal workshops in the Huacas de Moche site, and tombs of specialists in San José de Moro, and has participated in various conferences in Peru and overseas. He has also collaborated on projects in the Chachapoyas region and has directed excavations in the Huaca 20 cemetery in the Rimac Valley, furthering his interest in the area of funerary practices.

Moche Specialists: the Cerro Castillo Archaeological Project

Ceremonials and rituals are significant components in the structuring of complex societies, both in the Andes and the world over. Rulers generally justify and secure their position of authority by using symbolic objects as well as participating and performing in ritual systems. This research focuses on the people that crafted and created the emblematic artefacts and sacred places used by rulers. Using an archaeological approach, the Cerro Castillo Archaeological Project studies specialised craft production on the southern edges of the Moche territory, specifically in the residential areas of the site of Pañamarca, in the Nepeña Valley (north central coastal, Peru).

The Moche was one of the most remarkable pre-Columbian civilisations. Known for their visually distinctive and elaborated metal and ceramic objects, monumental temples, and complex funerary practices, Moche polities developed along the Peruvian north coast from circa A.D. 100 to A.D. 850. Research indicates that, in the southern Moche region, a centralised expansive state developed with its capital at the site of Huaca de la Luna in the Moche Valley. In this context, Pañamarca has been considered as a provincial capital in the Nepeña Valley, the southern boundary of this Moche polity.

Pañamarca is an exceptional Moche site that has been little studied. In spite of its monumental character, including mural paintings that illustrate high-status Moche personages, no scientific excavations have been yet conducted. The Cerro Castillo Archaeological Project aims to assess the Moche occupation at Pañamarca by conducting archaeological excavations in its residential areas, also known as Cerro Castillo. The project centres particular attention on the study of archaeological remains left by craft specialists: settlements, workshops, burials, and/or manufactured objects.

 

Selected publications:

 

Rengifo, Carlos E.

2004

El Área 33 y la Tumba de los Chamanes de San José de Moro. In Programa Arqueológico San José de Moro, Temporada 2004. Luis Jaime Castillo, ed. Pp. 110-125. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

2005

Talleres orfebres Mochicas en el Complejo Arqueológico Huacas de Moche: Secuencia y Estructura Espacial. Dissertation to obtain the Degree of Licentiate in Archaeology. Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo.

2006

Informe de las excavaciones en las Áreas 39, 40 y 41. In Programa Arqueológico San José de Moro. Informe de Excavaciones, Temporada 2005. Luis Jaime Castillo, editor. Pp. 133-205. Technical Report submitted to Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima.

2006

Proyecto Arqueológico Huaca 20-Complejo Maranga. Technical Report submitted to Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Rengifo, Carlos and Alfonso Barragán

2005

Excavaciones en el Área 33 de San José de Moro. In Programa arqueológico San José de Moro, Temporada de excavaciones 2004. Luis Jaime Castillo, editor. Pp. 114-164. Technical Report submitted to Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima.

Rengifo, Carlos and Luis Jaime Castillo

n.d.

The Funerary Social Identity of Specialists: The Construction of the Social Identity during the Transitional Period in San Jose de Moro. In Funerary Practices and Models in the Ancient Andes. Peter Eeckhout and Laurence S. Owens, eds.

Rengifo, Carlos; Gabriel Prieto; Cecilia Mauricio and Carlos Olivera

2007

Proyecto Arqueológico Huaca 20-Complejo Maranga. Technical Report submitted to Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Rengifo, Carlos and Carol Rojas

2008

Talleres especializados en el Complejo Arqueológico Huacas de Moche: el carácter de los especialistas y de su producción. In Arqueología Mochica: Nuevos Enfoques. L. Castillo, J. Rucabado, H. Bernier and G. Lockard, eds. Pp. 325-339. Fondo Editorial de la Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú and l’Institut Français d’Études Andines.

Rengifo, Carlos, Daniela Zevallos and Luis Muro

2008

Excavaciones en las áreas 28, 33, 34, 40 y 43 de San José de Moro-Temporada 2007. In Programa Arqueológico San José de Moro, Temporada de excavaciones 2007. Luis Jaime Castillo, editor. Pp. 114-164. Technical Report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Lima.

2008

Excavaciones en las áreas 28, 33, 34, 40 y 43. La ocupación Mochica en el sector norte de San José de Moro. In Programa Arqueológico San José de Moro, Temporada 2007. Luis Jaime Castillo, editor. Pp. 162-209. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Castillo, Luis Jaime and Carlos Rengifo

2006

Arquitectura Funeraria en San José de Moro. Diseño arquitectónico de un Cementerio a inicios del segundo milenio. In Programa Arqueológico San José de Moro, Temporada 2005. Pp. 8-43. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

2008

El género y el poder: Una aproximación desde San José de Moro. In Los señores de los reinos de la luna. Krzysztof Makowski, ed. Pp. 165-181. Colección Arte y Tesoros del Perú. Banco de Crédito del Perú. Lima.

Castillo, Luis Jaime, Julio Rucabado, Martín Del Carpio, Katiusha Bernuy, Karim Ruiz, Carlos Rengifo, Gabriel Prieto, and Carole Fraresso

2008

Ideología y Poder en la Consolidación, Colapso y Reconstitución del Estado Mochica del Jequetepeque. El Proyecto Arqueológico San José de Moro (1991 - 2006). In Ñawpa Pacha 29. Pp. 1-86. Institute of Andean Studies, Berkeley.

Gamarra, Nadia, Henry Gayoso, Gabriel Prieto, Carlos Rengifo, and Carol Rojas

2004

Dinámica ocupacional del Conjunto Arquitectónico 27-Núcleo Urbano del Complejo Arqueológico Huacas del Sol y de la Luna. Pre Professional Report. Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo.

Uceda, Santiago and Carlos Rengifo

2006

La especialización del trabajo: teoría y arqueología. El caso de los orfebres Mochicas. In Bulletin de I’Institut Français d’Études Andines 35 (2). Pp. 149-185. French Institute of Andean Studies.

 

 

 
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