Early settlement and subsistence in the Casma Valley, Peru.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pozorski, Shelia.

Contributor:

Pozorski, Thomas George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Casma River Valley (Peru)--Antiquities.

Indians of South America--Peru--Casma River Valley--Antiquities.

Indians of South America--Peru--Casma River Valley--Economic conditions.

Indians of South America--Antiquities--Casma River Valley--Peru.

Indians of South America.

Indians of South America--Economic conditions--Casma River Valley--Peru.

Casma River Valley (Peru).

Peru--Antiquities.

Peru.

Local Subjects:

Casma River Valley (Peru)--Antiquities.

Indians of South America--Peru--Casma River Valley--Antiquities.

Indians of South America--Peru--Casma River Valley--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Casma Valley of Peru's north central coast contains the largest New World structure of its time period---2500 to 200 BC---as well as one of the densest concentrations of early sites. In this detailed and thought-provoking volume, Sheila and Thomas Pozorski date each major early site, assess this important valley's diet and subsistence changes through time, and begin to reconstruct the development of Casma Valley society.Fifteen sites are surveyed, including Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke, the earliest planned city in the New World. The Pozorskis then synthesize their own fieldwork and previous

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Environmental Setting; Project Objectives; 2. Casma Valley Sites Excavated in 1980; Methodology; Huaynuná; Las Haldas; Preceramic Las Haldas; Early Initial Period Las Haldas; Las Haldas Initial Period Mound Complex; Early Horizon Las Haldas; Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke; Tortugas; San Diego; Pampa Rosario; 3. Early Sites Surveyed within the Casma Valley; Sechin Alto; Taukachi-Konkan; Sechin Bajo; Cerro Sechin; Sechin Alto Complex; Huerequeque; Pallka; Huaca Desvio; La Cantina; Chankillo

4. The Prehistory of the Casma Valley and Its Impact on Studies of Early Andean PrehistoryPrevious Sequences for Casma Valley Prehistory; A Revised Sequence of Events in Casma Valley Prehistory; Summary and Conclusions; References Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781587291944

1587291940

OCLC:

44965194