In this introductory article, the history of Wari studies is summarized in brief terms. The urban site of Huari is considered, including evidence for its occupation prior to the Middle Horizon, and spatial patterning of Middle Horizon architectural remains. While the hinterland around Huari has received some attention, there is still much to be learned about the heartland of the Wari polity. Most research devoted to Wari has occurred in the provincial regions, primarily at sites exhibiting distinctive Wari forms of architecture and material culture. Regional surveys data complement these excavations and reveal the effects of Wari expansionon the local political and economic landscapes. Current interpretations of Wari balance the accumulation of new data and the waxing and waning of different interpretative scenarios. It argued that Wari must be viewed holistically, not from the perspective of a single site or region, that the material evidence for imperial control can be elusive, and that our data are still far from complete. It is concluded that the extant data support the interpretation that Wari was an early attempt at empire–building, and that it imposed its mosaic of control over many regions of the Central Andes. / En este artículo resumimos brevemente la historia de los estudios sobre Wari. Discutimos el centro urbano de Huari, incluyendo su ocupación pre-Horizonte Medio, y la distribución espacial de la arquitectura del Horizonte Medio. Si bien la periferia de Huari ha recibido cierta atención, queda aún mucho por aprender sobre la zona nuclear wari. La mayoría de las investigaciones sobre Wari se ha concentrado en las provincias, principalmente en sitios con las formas características wari de arquitectura y cultura material. Las prospecciones regionales complementan estas excavaciones y revelan los efectos de la expansión wari en el escenario político y económico. Las interpretaciones actuales sobre Wari muestran un balance entre la acumulación de nuevos datos y los diferentes escenarios interpretativos. Sostenemos que Wari debe ser visto holísticamente y no desde un solo sitio o región, que la evidencia material de control imperial puede resultar esquiva, y que nuestros datos aún resultan incompletos. Concluimos que losdatos existentes respaldan la interpretación de Wari como un intento temprano de formación de un imperio, el cual impuso un mosaico de control sobre muchas regiones de los Andes centrales.

[pt] Esta tese investiga a formação da historiografia moderna através do gênero crônica no império português. Escrita na segunda metade do século XVI, a Ásia de João de Barros possui uma história singular, sendo sua escrita continuada por dois cronistas de Goa no século XVII, Diogo do Couto e António Bocarro. Neste estudo, busco estabelecer as definições e funções do conceito de história na cultura letrada humanista portuguesa e as variações de práticas historiográficas, coêtaneas ao estabelecimento do Estado da Índia, entre cronistas e viajantes do Império Turco-Otomano e do Malabar. Nossa hipótese sustenta o argumento de que nesse período surge um regime de historicidade distinto do praticado no Medievo, o qual denominamos pela categoria histórias do mundo. / [en] This thesis investigates the formation of modern historiography through the chronic genre in the Portuguese empire. Written in the second half of the 16th century, Asia, by João de Barros has a unique history and its writing was continued by two writers of Goa in the seventeenth century, Diogo do Couto and António Bocarro. In this study, I seek to establish the definitions and functions of the concept of history in the literate humanist Portuguese culture and the variations of historiographic practices, related to the establishment of the State of India between chroniclers and travelers of the Ottoman-Turkish Empire and Malabar. Our hypothesis supports the argument that in this period a regime of historicity emerges distinct from that practiced in the Middle Ages, which is called by the category stories of the world.