MINIATURAS ZOOMORFAS DEL VOLCáN LLULLAILLACO Y CONTRASTE ENTRE RéGIMEN ESTATAL Y VIDA COMUNITARIA EN LA CAPACOCHA

this paper presents a classification of 15 zoomorphic inka figurines made of metal and spondylus, based on the forms and techniques used in their manufacture, followed by an interpretation of the significance of the materials used, their orientation and association with funerary objects recovered on the summit of llullaillaco volcano (6739 ma.s.l. salta province, argentina) in 1999. the paper is intended to contribute to mountain archaeology by examining the extra-political mental content of the artifacts, based on the premise that the ritual refers to the social and material conditions of existence, expressed in daily life. by identifying this primary underlayer, we seek to shift the central focus of mountain archaeology from the cusco empire to the vernacular sphere and its practices, expressed in a ritual under the exclusive purview of the state and its unyielding political domination.