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The Potosi-Cobija route: archaeology of colonial transportation in the south Central Andes

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dc.contributor.authorGarcĂ­a-Albarido, Francisco, author
dc.contributor.authorVan Buren, Mary, advisor
dc.contributor.authorLeisz, Stephen, committee member
dc.contributor.authorYarrington, Doug, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-14T16:05:07Z
dc.date.available2017-09-14T16:05:07Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I analyze Andean colonial transportation in archaeological and historical terms based on the Potosi-Cobija route case. Potosi was a strategic extractive region during the expansion of the world-economy. In this region, the Spanish Empire obtained large quantities of silver and produced the main international trade currency used between the 16th and 19th centuries. The Potosi-Cobija route was one of the most significant scenes of colonial commerce and smuggling in the South Central Andes. A total of 34 archaeological sites were identified on the route using a methodology constituted by remote sensing and archaeological inspection of targets. This case is used to discuss the modern European imperial economic control of peripheral regions. In the case of the Spanish Empire, the characteristics of mercantilism and expectations about imperialism suggested a centralized control over the flow of silver to Spain, an important reorganization of transportation labor, and official investment in imperial road infrastructure. However, my results contradict the idea of centralized imperial control of the peripheral flow of resources based on official road infrastructure. They indicate the continuity of native transportation labor practices along with some transformations during colonial times, suggesting transportation organized by local agents for their own economic purposes. I conclude by discussing the idea of peripheries as passive channels that ensure the flow of resources to the early modern European metropolis and providing new methodological directions for this type of historical archaeology in the Andes.
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dc.identifierGarciaAlbarido_colostate_0053N_14316.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/183949
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectcolonial routes
dc.subjecthistorical archaeology
dc.subjectSpanish Empire
dc.subjectearly modern imperialism
dc.subjectPotosi
dc.subjectAndes
dc.titleThe Potosi-Cobija route: archaeology of colonial transportation in the south Central Andes
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thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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