Climate and settlement in southern Peru : the northern Rio Grande de Nasca drainage between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE / Volker Sossna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sossna, Volker, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Forschungen zur Archäologie aussereuropäischer Kulturen ; Bd. 13.

Forschungen zur Archäologie aussereuropäischer Kulturen ; Band 13

Language:

English

German

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric--Peru--Grande River Watershed.

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric.

Paleoclimatology--Peru--Grande River Watershed.

Paleoclimatology.

Indians of South America--Peru--Grande River Watershed--Antiquities.

Indians of South America.

Climate and civilization--Peru--Grande River Watershed.

Climate and civilization.

Antiquities.

Indians of South America--Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru--Grande River Watershed.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Human beings--Effect of climate on--Peru--Grande River Watershed.

Human beings.

Human beings--Effect of climate on.

Grande River Watershed (Peru)--Antiquities.

Grande River Watershed (Peru).

Peru--Grande River Watershed.

Genre:

DVD-ROMs.

Physical Description:

317 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 30 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Northern Rio Grande de Nasca drainage between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Reichert Verlag, 2015.

Language Note:

Includes abstracts in English, German and Spanish.

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Summary:

Based on data gathered by an archaeological long-term project of the German Archaeological Institute, 3,000 years of settlement history of the Palpa Region at the Andean west flank in South Peru (14.5° S) are being reconstructed. The question is pursued whether past climate changes in this arid region may have triggered the observed substantial changes in settlement behavior. The general trend suggests that a causal relation can be stated only for a few periods.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

1.1. Research Problem

1.2. Approach

1.3. Study Area

1.4. Data

1.5. Chapter Organization

2. Nature

2.1. The Study Area and Its Natural Resources

2.2. Climate

2.2.1. Climate of the Central Andes

2.2.2. Climate Variability

2.2.3. Past Climate Reconstruction

2.2.3.1. The Geomorphological Evidence from the Palpa Area

2.2.3.2. The Palpa Data in a Continental Context

2.3. Environment Classification

3. Culture

3.1. Cultural Macro-Regions of the Central Andes

3.2. Previous Research

3.2.1. The Development of a Chronological Framework

3.2.2. The Introduction of Settlement Pattern Studies

3.2.3. Settlement Archaeology in the Rio Grande Drainage

3.2.4. Archaeological Cultures of the South Coast and the Adjacent Highlands

3.2.4.1. The Initial Period (IP) and the Early Horizon (EH) Paracas Culture

3.2.4.2. The Nasca Culture of the Early Intermediate Period (EIP)

3.2.4.3. The Wari Culture of the Middle Horizon (MH)

3.2.4.4. Cultures of the Late Intermediate Period (LIP)

3.2.4.5. The Inca Culture of the Late Horizon (LH)

4. Culture Meets Nature

4.1. The Impact of Resource Availability on Culture

4.2. Particularities of Human-Environmental Relationships in the Central Andes

4.3. Past Climate and Its Impact on the Agricultural Potential

4.3.1. Precipitation

4.3.2. Temperature

4.3.3. Variability

4.3.4. The Potential of Irrigation Agriculture

4.3.5. The Agricultural Potential under Different Climatic Conditions

5. Archaeological Settlement Data

Acquisition, Classification, and Analytical Methods

5.1. Data Acquisition and Revision

5.1.1. Surveys and Excavations Carried Out by the Palpa Project

5.1.2. Restructuring of the Palpa Project Database

5.1.3. Complementary Surveys

5.2. Classification of Settlements

5.2.1. What is a Settlement?

5.2.2. Chronological Classification

5.2.2.1. Relative Chronology of the lea and Rio Grande Drainages

5.2.2.2. Numeric Chronology in the lea and Rio Grande Drainages

5.2.3. Population Size Classification

5.2.4. Status Classification

5.2.5. The Settlement Database

5.3. Population Development and Dislocation of Settlements

5.3.1. Population Index

5.3.2. Total Settlement Area at Phase Transitions

5.3.3. Dislocation

5.4. Spatial Analyses

5.4.1. GIS and Database Linking

5.4.2. Distribution Maps

5.4.3. Relative Distance and Altitude Calculations

6. Results: Diachronic Settlement Patterns, 1500 BCE

1532 C.E.

6.1. Basic Architectural Features

6.2. Spatial Settlement Distribution by Size and Status Classes

6.3. The Initial Period (IP)

6.3.1. Settlement Layout and Construction Techniques

6.3.2. Settlement Location and Subsistence

6.3.3. Hierarchy and Defensive Measures

6.3.4. Major Inter-Phase Developments

6.4. The Paracas Period

6.4.1. The Early Paracas Phase (EP)

6.4.1.1. Settlement Layout and Construction Techniques

6.4.1.2. Settlement Location and Subsistence

6.4.1.3. Hierarchy and Defensive Measures

6.4.1.4. Major Inter-Phase Developments

6.4.2. The Middle Paracas Phase (MP)

6.4.2.1. Settlement Layout and Construction Techniques

6.4.2.2. Settlement Location and Subsistence

6.4.2.3. Hierarchy and Defensive Measures

6.4.2.4. Major Inter-Phase Developments

6.4.3. The Late Paracas Phase (LP)

6.4.3.1. Settlement Layout and Construction Techniques

6.4.3.2. Settlement Location and Subsistence

6.4.3.3. Hierarchy and Defensive Measures

6.4.3.4. Major Inter-Phase Developments

6.5. The Nasca Period

6.5.1. The Initial Nasca Phase (IN)

6.5.1.1. Settlement Layout and Construction Techniques

6.5.1.2. Settlement Location and Subsistence

6.5.1.3. Hierarchy and Defensive Measures

6.5.1.4. Major Inter-Phase Developments

6.5.2. The Early Nasca Phase (EN)

6.5.2.1. Settlement Layout and Construction Techniques

6.5.2.2. Settlement Location and Subsistence

6.5.2.3. Hierarchy and Defensive Measures

6.5.2.4. Major Inter-Phase Developments

6.5.3. The Middle Nasca Phase (MN)

6.5.3.1. Settlement Layout and Construction Techniques

6.5.3.2. Settlement Location and Subsistence

6.5.3.3. Hierarchy and Defensive Measures

6.5.3.4. Major Inter-Phase Developments

6.5.4. The Late Nasca Phase (LN)

6.5.4.1. Settlement Layout and Construction Techniques

6.5.4.2. Settlement Location and Subsistence

6.5.4.3. Hierarchy and Defensive Measures

6.5.4.4. Major Inter-Phase Developments

6.6. The Early and Middle Wari Phase

6.6.1. Settlement Layout and Construction Techniques

6.6.2. Settlement Location and Subsistence

6.6.3. Hierarchy and Defensive Measures

6.6.4. Major Inter-Phase Developments

6.7. The Middle-Late lea & Inca Phase

6.7.1. Settlement Layout and Construction Techniques

6.7.1.1. Nanasca Foothill Settlements

6.7.1.2. Foothill Settlements Including Inca Architecture

6.7.1.3. Rucanas Cabezadas Settlements

6.7.1.4. Cabezadas Settlements Including Inca Architecture

6.7.2. Settlement Location and Subsistence

6.7.3. Hierarchy and Defensive Measures

6.7.4. Major Inter-Phase Developments

7. Discussion: Settlement, Migration, and Climate Change

7.1. Foothills and Cabezadas Dwellers

7.2. Population Development and Migration

7.3. Beginning Initial Period to the Early Middle Paracas Phase (1500

450 BCE)

7.4. Late Middle Paracas Phase to the Earlier Initial Nasca Phase (450

100 BCE)

7.5. Later Initial Nasca Phase to the End of the Early Nasca Phase (100 BCE

300 CE)

7.6. Beginning Middle Nasca Phase to the Beginning Early Wari Phase (300

700 CE)

7.7. Middle of the Early Wari Phase to the End of the Middle Wari Phase (700

850 CE) and Hiatus (850

1180 CE)

7.8. Beginning Middle lea Phase to the Spanish Conquest (1180

1532 CE)

8. Conclusions: The Impact of Climate Change on Settlement Behavior.

Notes:

"Institutum Archaelogicum Germanicum, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Kommission für Archäologie Aussereuropäischen Kulturen"--Preliminary page.

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Kiel, 2014, under the title: Impacts of climate variability on pre-Hispanic settlement behavior in South Peru : the northern Río Grande de Nasca drainage between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE.

Accompanying DVD-ROM contains supplemental material including maps, charts, statistics and other data.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-315).

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9783954900787

3954900785

OCLC:

949848271

Publisher Number:

99988448447

9783954900787