Chavín : art, architecture, and culture / edited by William J. Conklin and Jeffrey Quilter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conklin, William J.

Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.

Series:

Monograph (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA) ; 61.

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA monographs ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chavín culture.

Indian art--Peru--Chavín de Huantar.

Indian art.

Indian architecture--Peru--Chavín de Huantar.

Indian architecture.

Chavín de Huantar (Peru)--Antiquities.

Chavín de Huantar (Peru).

Peru--Chavín de Huantar.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 336 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, 2008.

Summary:

This volume is the first in more than a decade to provide new information on the Chavin phenomenon of ancient Peru. Thought by some to be the "Mother Culture" of ancient Peruvian cultures, Chavin is remarkable for its baroque, sophisticated art style in a variety of media including finely carved stone monuments, beautifully formed pottery, and magnificent and complex metallurgy. Chapters in this book cover new interpretations of the history of the site of Chavin de Huantar, studies of related cultures, the role of shamanism, and many other topics of interest to specialists and the general reader alike.

Contents:

Context, construction and ritual in the development of authority at Chavín de Huántar / John W. Rick

The architecture at the monumental center of Chavín de Huántar: sequence, transformations and chronology / Silvia Rodriguez Kembel

The Manchay culture and the coastal inspiration for highland Chavín civilization / Richard L. Burger and Lucy C. Salazar

Context and contents of early Chavín art / Henning Bischof

The importance of Pacopampa: architecture and iconography in the central Andean formative / Daniel Morales Chocano

The original context of the Yauya stela / Richard Burger

How to build a raptor: why the Dumbarton Oaks "scaled cayman" Callango textile is really a Chavín jaguaroid harpy eagle / Peter G. Roe

The body of meaning in Chavín art / Gary Urton

Chavín's psychoactive pharmacopoeia: the iconographic evidence / Constantino Manuel Torres

The culture of Chavín textiles / William J. Conklin

The felicitous legacy of the Lanzón / Tom Cummins.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-323) and index.

ISBN:

9781931745468

1931745463

9781931745451

1931745455

OCLC:

182857023