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Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru
Jacob L. Bongers, Christopher A. Kiahtipes, David Beresford-Jones et al., 2025. Antiquity 100(409), 145–163.
Drone and GNSS mapping of the 1.5 km band of about 5200 holes, a radiocarbon date from one hole, surface ceramics, and pollen, phytolith and starch analysis of 21 sediment samples. Finds numerical patterning in hole counts per row and section, maize and other crop pollen and basketry plants in the holes, and argues for a Chincha-period barter marketplace later used by the Inca as an accounting device.
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Bongers, J. L., Kiahtipes, C. A., Beresford-Jones, D., Osborn, J., Medrano, M., Dumitru, I. A., Bergmann, C., Román, J., Tavera Medina, C., Tantaleán, H., Huamán Mesía, L., & Stanish, C. (2025). Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru. Antiquity 100(409), 145–163. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10237@article{bongers2025indigenous,
author = {Bongers, Jacob L. and Kiahtipes, Christopher A. and Beresford-Jones, David and Osborn, Jo and Medrano, Manuel and Dumitru, Ioana A. and Bergmann, Christine and Román, José and Tavera Medina, Carito and Tantaleán, Henry and Huamán Mesía, Luis and Stanish, Charles},
title = {Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru},
journal = {Antiquity 100(409), 145–163},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.15184/aqy.2025.10237},
url = {https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10237}
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TI - Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru
AU - Bongers, Jacob L.
AU - Kiahtipes, Christopher A.
AU - Beresford-Jones, David
AU - Osborn, Jo
AU - Medrano, Manuel
AU - Dumitru, Ioana A.
AU - Bergmann, Christine
AU - Román, José
AU - Tavera Medina, Carito
AU - Tantaleán, Henry
AU - Huamán Mesía, Luis
AU - Stanish, Charles
PY - 2025
JO - Antiquity 100(409), 145–163
DO - 10.15184/aqy.2025.10237
UR - https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10237
ER - Bongers, Jacob L. et al.. “Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru.” Antiquity 100(409), 145–163 (2025). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10237.