Figure 2.1 Clay sealing and seal from Tepe Gawara.
Figure 2.2 Storerooms at Festòs and Arslantepe.
Figure 2.3 Greater Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC.
Figure 2.4 Tepe Gawra Level XII.
Figure 2.5 White Room building Tepe Gawra XII.
Figure 2.6 Tepe Gawra Phase XI, Level XA/XI.
Figure 2.7 Tepe Gawra Level VIII, Phase B.
Figure 2.8 Arslantepe VIA Temple-Palace.
Figure 3.1 Amaziya, location of excavated areas.
Figure 3.2 Amaziya, aerial view of Area B2, facing south.
Figure 3.3 Amaziya, plans of Areas B1 and B2.
Figure 3.4 Amaziya, closer view of storage pits.
Figure 3.5 Amaziya, local and Egyptian pot types of the EB I from Areas B1 and B2.
Figure 3.6 Flowcharts of alternate views of the possible functioning of the storage system at Amaziya.
Figure 4.1 Map of Mesopotamia.
Figure 4.2 Chronological chart.
Figure 4.3 Cylinder seal motifs showing granaries.
Figure 4.4 Silo (Pit I) excavated at the site of Fara (ancient Shuruppak) in southern Iraq.
Figure 4.5 The “palace” built by the Akkadian king Naram-Sin at Tell Brak in Syria.
Figure 4.6 The é-nun-mah at Ur in southern Iraq.
Figure 4.7 Map showing the distribution of silos at Fara (ancient Shuruppak) in southern Iraq.
Figure 5.1 Map of the Casma Valley showing the location of early sites.
Figure 5.2 Plan of Sechín Alto Complex showing the location of the four component sites.
Figure 5.3 Plan of Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke showing location of Moxeke, Huaca A, intermediate architecture and domestic architecture.
Figure 5.4 Plan of Huaca A at Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke showing the construction symmetry and the presence of thirty-eight square-room units.
Figure 5.5 View of a staircase on Huaca A.
Figure 5.6 Detailed plan of the area east of Huaca A.
Figure 5.7 Cotton seeds, stems, and boll parts found in domestic housing areas along with cotton skeins and ceramic spindle whorls.
Figure 5.8 Stone bowl and mortar fragments found in domestic and midden areas of Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke.
Figure 5.9 Plan of Taukachi-Konkán showing the location of the Mound of the Columns.
Figure 5.10 (a) Plan of the Mound of the Columns at Taukachi-Konkán showing the presence of square-room units; (b) plan of Bahía Seca.
Figure 5.11 (a) View of the power symbol on the clay frieze located in the north atrium of Huaca A at Pampa de las Llamas- Moxeke; (b) view of one of the warrior figures at Cerro Sechín; (c) Drawing of a Sechín style face coupled with a power symbol.
Figure 5.12 (a) Ceramic stamp seals found in the midden of Sechín Alto site; (b) ceramic cylinder seals found in the midden of Sechín Alto site.
Figure 5.13 Ceramic figurines shown with caps (a) and long hair (b). Each of these types may be representative of two different elite groups within the Sechín Alto Polity.
Figure 6.1 Inka officials with quipu.
Figure 6.2 Sites discussed in this chapter.
Figure 6.3 Basic plan of Chan Chan at the time of the Inka conquest.
Figure 6.4 The audiencias or U-shaped structures in Chan Chan.
Figure 6.5 Three possible arrangements of U-shaped structures that show hierarchical relationships.
Figure 6.6 The Tschudi palace. The large rectangle encloses the cubicles.
Figure 6.7 The location of storerooms around Huamachuco and some other important sites.
Figure 6.8 (a) Storeroom built on piers, Cerro Santa Bárbara, Huamachuco; (b) storeroom with canals in the floor Cerro Cacañán, Huamachuco.
Figure 6.9 One of eight large buildings on Cerro Cacañán that may have been used for sorting and packaging material prior to storage.
Figure 6.10 The number of storerooms per storage court in a sample from Chan Chan.
Figure 6.11 Diagram of the Bandelier palace.
Figure 6.12 Diagram of the Rivero palace.
Figure 6.13 Diagram of the Tschudi palace.
Figure 7.1 Map of Inka Empire.
Figure 7.2 Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala’s representation of a qollqa complex, with a quipu specialist reviewing records with the Inka ruler.
Figure 7.3 Map of Cuzco region showing surveys by the first author and the locations of royal estates and storage facilities.
Figure 7.4 Photograph of a Type 1 complex at Pusaqraqayniyuq in the Sacred Valley near Urubamba.
Figure 7.5 Photograph of a Type 2 storage compound located above Ollantaytambo.
Figure 7.6 Interior bins from a large Type 2 storehouse at Cheqoq.
Figure 8.1 The ritual precinct of Rapaz.
Figure 8.2 Kaha Wayi, the “Quipu House,” 2004.
Figure 8.3 Pasa Qulqa, the old community storehouse, 2005.
Figure 8.4 The quipu collection with 2004 vice president (kamatsikuq) Toribio Gallardo.
Figure 8.5 The altar or offering table in Kaha Wayi.
Figure 8.6 Raywan entrego: village officials bring crop tokens to Kaha Wayi, January 2, 2004.
Figure 9.1 René Millon’s map of Teotihuacan with important compounds mentioned.
Figure 9.2 Craft production sectors in the city and multiethnic neighborhoods.
Figure 9.3 San Martín Orange amphora found in a storeroom at Oztoyahualco 15B.
Figure 9.4 The bottom of a storage bin found in chamber 3 of the Varillas Tunnel to the east of the Pyramid of the Sun.
Figure 9.5 The functional sectors of Teopancazco.
Figure 9.6 Roundels from Teopancazco in mica, slate, pigments, and pottery.
Figure 9.7 Theater-type censer found in my excavations at Oztoyahualco 15B:N6W3.
Figure 9.8 Spatial distribution of pottery roundels of different diameters in Teopancazco.
Figure 9.9 Proposed corridor route toward the Gulf.
Figure 10.1 Main Plaza and Acropolis on the hilltop of Xochicalco.
Figure 10.2 Map of Xochicalco referring the Acropolis, Sector J, and Bastions.
Figure 10.3 Acropolis layout, pointing out the structures mentioned in the text.
Figure 10.4 The graneros (storerooms) inside Structure Ac5.
Figure 10.5 Reconstructed view of the graneros.
Figure 10.6 The Plaza Principal (Main Plaza) with the location of listed buildings and storage areas.
Figure 10.7 Elements 1 and 77 located in Sector B, north of the Acropolis.
Figure 11.1 Map of the greater Maya area showing the location of the center of Tikal and other sites mentioned in the text.
Figure 11.2 Map of the North Acropolis, and Great Plaza, and the Central Acropolis at Tikal.
Figure 11.3 Photo of a traditional modern storage facility (troje) of the packed ear maize form of storage from the Puuc region of northern Yucatan.
Figure 12.1 Painted vase that shows a tribute scene in a Maya palace (sacks of beans, fans, stacks of textiles, and a black tripod ceramic plate).
Figure 12.2 A storage house of Joya de Cerén.
Figure 12.3 Plan of chultun 7B-1 of Topoxté with its network of twelve underground chambers.
Figure 12.4 Drawing of the chultun discovered in the causeway of La Blanca, Petén (PLB 2011).
Figure 12.5 Plan of the Acropolis of La Blanca (PLB 2013).
Figure 12.6 Plan and elevation of the Orient Palace (6J1) of La Blanca (PLB 2010).
Figure 12.7 Plan and section of Chilonché Room 5S (Structure 3E1), with a storage place in the rear wall (PLB 2012).
Figure 12.8 Painted vase that shows the handing over of tribute (blankets) to Maya ruler.
Figure 13.1 Trojes. After Codex Mendoza f.37r.
Figure 13.2 Troje. After Florentine Codex, Bk 7/, Ch. VIII: f. 16r.
Figure 13.3 Cuescomate as a place glyph. After the Historia Tolteca Chichimeca, Mss 54–54, pp. 1–2.
Table 1.1 Correlation of Organizational Type and Storage
Table 3.2 Comparative Table of Amaziya with Local Sites and Egyptian Chronology
Table 4.1 Chart Showing the Estimated Storage Capacity (in ancient gur or liters) of the Thirty-Two Silos Identified at Fara
Table 6.1 A Sequence of the Palace Units Used in This Study
Table 6.2 Distribution of Storerooms in Storage Courts by Phase
Table 6.3 Storage in the Last Three Palaces by Sector
Table 7.1 Architectural Description of Storehouses in Survey Areas North and West of Cuzco
Table 7.2 Botanical Taxa Identified at Cuzco Storage Structures
Table 10.1 Maximums, Minimums, and Averages Result from Floor Analysis
Table 10.2 Dimensions of the Different Graneros Found in Xochicalco
Table 11.1 Hypothetical Relationships among Political Economies, Storage Systems, and Degrees of Political Centralization