Sea shells in the mountains and llamas on the coast : the economy of the Paracas culture (800 to 200 BC) in southern Peru / Christian Mader.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Mader, Christian (Archaeologist), author.

Contributor:

• George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

• Forschungen zur Archäologie aussereuropäischer Kulturen ; Bd. 16.
• Forschungen zur Archäologie aussereuropäischer Kulturen ; Band 16

Language:

• English
• German
• Spanish

Subjects (All):

• Paracas culture.

Physical Description:

ix, 211 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm.

Other Title:

Economy of the Paracas culture (800 to 200 BC) in southern Peru

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, [2019]

Language Note:

Includes summaries in German and Spanish.

Summary:

"The research presented in this volume reconstructs the economic system of the Paracas culture (800-200 BC) in southern Peru. In doing so, the main emphasis is on economic exchange at the western slope of the Andes, with the Late Paracas period (370-200 BC) in the Palpa valleys (Andean Transect) serving as a case study. For this archaeoeconomic approach, Jauranga (285 m.a.s.l.), Collanco (1.630 m.a.s.l.), and Cutamalla (3.300 m.a.s.l.) - where extensive excavations were conducted by the Palpa Archaeological Project of the German Archaeological Institute - are the most important sites. The work is based on analyses of excavated materials, particularly obsidian artifacts, malacological finds, and camelid bones. Therefore, various methods including archaeometric techniques, quantification, artifact classification, and species determination are combined. The results show exchange processes in the western Andes that are characterized by unbalanced commodity flows. Resources from the highlands such as obsidian, camelids and their products arrived at the Pacific desert strip in large amounts, while marine resources such as sea shells reached highland regions only in small amounts. Raw materials were not just procured in the mountains, there were also strategic production centers like Cutamalla. All in all, consumption at coastal settlements like Jauranga needs to be seen as the driving force behind the Paracas economy."-- Publisher's website.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-179).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

• 9783447113274
• 3447113278

OCLC:

1135807290

Publisher Number:

9783447113274

Online:

The George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund Home Page