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Spanish Colonial Networks of Production: Earthenware Storage Vessels from The Peruvian Wine Industry

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Following Spanish conquest, wine and brandy production flourished in the Moquegua Valley in southern Peru. Alcohol products both served local demand and were shipped to high altitude mining centers. Wine was fermented and stored in tinajas, large earthenware ceramic vessels. Reporting analyses of paste composition of 70 tinajas using portable XRF technology, we examine the production of these vessels. Our results suggest that tinaja manufacture was localized in Moquegua but that valley wineries participated in varied production systems. Our analysis indicates that more sophisticated sourcing methods would refine the relationship among tinaja pastes, locally available clays, and production networks.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to the Biondi, Ghersi, and Valdivia families for graciously granting access to tinajas at their bodegas in the Moquegua Valley. Corey Bowen, David Reid, Zachary Spiezio, Robert Theberge and Ashley Vance contributed to data collection.

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    Nicola Sharratt

  2. Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Susan D. deFrance

  3. Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA

    P. Ryan Williams

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Sharratt, N., deFrance, S.D. & Williams, P.R. Spanish Colonial Networks of Production: Earthenware Storage Vessels from The Peruvian Wine Industry. Int J Histor Archaeol 23, 651–677 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-018-0480-3

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