The Praxis of Relational Plenitude (Kawsay): The Ontoarchaeological Relational System (SOR) against Ontological Closure in Andean Archaeology

This article addresses the crisis of Andean archaeology as an ontological problem: the discipline systematically reduces living entities to inert data through an epistemic violence rooted in Anthropocentric Closure. In response, we propose the Ontoarchaeological Relational System (SOR), a methodological shift that integrates the formal rigor of Trahndorffian aesthetics with the cosmocentric teleology of Kawsay (relational plenitude). The SOR operates through three levels: the Trahndorffian Formal Method (MFT) isolates the Necessary Form of a phenomenon; the Ontoaesthetic-Relational Analysis (AOR) translates this form into a Relational Matrix of living bonds; and the Relational Archaeological Protocol (PAR) regulates ethical praxis through the principles of reciprocity (Ayni) and bidirectional veto. Applied to the ritual quipu, the SOR reveals these objects not as recording systems but as Cosmocentric Total Art, where form activates memory, reciprocity, and vital continuity. This preprint corresponds to the full manuscript submitted to the Journal of Social Archaeology (March 2026). Keywords: Relational Ontology; Andean Archaeology; Kawsay; Relational Efficacy (ER); SOR System; Total Art.