The archaeology of mural painting at Pañamarca, Peru / Lisa Trever ; with contributions by Jorge Gamboa, Ricardo Toribio, and Ricardo Morales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trever, Lisa, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in pre-Columbian art and archaeology ; no. 40.

Studies in Pre-Columbian art and archaeology ; number forty

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian mural painting and decoration--Peru--Ancash.

Indian mural painting and decoration.

Mochica Indians.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru--Ancash.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Pañamarca Site (Peru).

Ancash (Peru)--Antiquities.

Ancash (Peru).

Peru--Ancash.

Physical Description:

xvi, 350 pages ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2017]

Summary:

The archaeological site of Pañamarca was once a vibrant center of religious performance and artistic practice within the ancient Moche world. During the seventh and eighth centuries CE, architects and mural painters created lofty temples and broad-walled plazas that were brilliantly arrayed with images of mythological heroes, monstrous creatures, winged warriors in combat, ritual processions, and sacrificial offerings. This richly illustrated volume offers a nuanced account of the modern history of exploration, archaeology, and image making at Pañamarca; it also offers detailed documentation of the new fieldwork carried out by the authors at the site. That fieldwork led to the discoveries of 1,200-year-old mural paintings, presented here in detail for the first time. Created in a cultural context a thousand years before the use of written scripts, the art and architecture of Pañamarca cannot be studied via ancient histories or commentaries, but only through layers of physical evidence from archaeological excavations and documentation. This volume will serve as a definitive reference work on mural painting at Pañamarca, as well as a new primary resource for Pre-Columbian studies and for studies in global ancient art, architecture, and archaeology more broadly.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 OUT OF THE ARCHIVE, INTO THE FIELD: A MODERN HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY AT PANAMARCA

Introduction

Monumental Visions within Nineteenth-Century Narratives

Panamarca in the Shadow of Tello's 1933

1934 Nepena Expeditions

Art, Archaeology, and North Coast Indigenismo at Midcentury

The Discovery and Replication of an Iconic Painting and the True Story of Its Destruction

Recuperating Episodes in Panamarca's Archaeology since the 1960s

The Art and Science of Archaeology in the Light of History: Framing the New Illustrated Corpus from Panamarca

pt. 2 FINDINGS OF THE PANAMARCA DOCUMENTARY FIELD PROJECT

Panamarca Revisited / Ricardo Morales

Documentation of Archaeological Contexts and Mural Paintings / Ricardo Morales

Relative and Absolute Chronologies / Ricardo Toribio

Mural Iconography in Comparative Perspective

Concluding Summary of Field Findings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780884024248

0884024245

OCLC:

995630283

Publisher Number:

99989174294

40027547803