Tiwanaku Sealings and Signet Rings: Authority Transmission in the Ancient Andes

Paul S. Goldstein; Katharine M. Davis; Sarah Baitzel; Matthew Sitek

doi:10.1017/laq.2022.42

Tiwanaku Sealings and Signet Rings: Authority Transmission in the Ancient Andes

Paul S. Goldstein, Katharine M. Davis, Sarah Baitzel, Matthew Sitek

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Abstract

Sealings recovered from the Omo M10 temple, a provincial center of the Andean Tiwanaku state (AD 500-1100), and from the Muru Ut Pata neighborhood of the Tiwanaku capital, as well as a signet ring from the Akapana East complex of Tiwanaku's highland capital, shed light on the hitherto undocumented use of seals and sealings in Central Andean complex society. The identification of Tiwanaku sealings related to the signet ring seal has implications for understanding the transmission of identity, authority, and authenticity over time and distance in early Andean states.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	863-869
Number of pages	7
Journal	Latin American Antiquity
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.42
State	Published - Dec 3 2022

Keywords

Andean complex societies
Middle Horizon
seals and sealings
Tiwanaku

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