El contexto funerario de la Señora de Cao : hallazgo e investigación de entierros de elite Mochica en la Huaca Cao Viejo, Complejo Arqueológico El Brujo / edición, Augusto E. Bazán Pérez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bazán, Augusto, editor.

Fundación Augusto N. Wiese, issuing body.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Huaca de la Luna Site (Peru).

Peru--Antiquities.

Peru.

Mochica Indians--Antiquities.

Mochica Indians.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities.

Peru--Huaca de la Luna Site.

Physical Description:

372 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, maps ; 31 cm.

Edition:

Primera edición.

Other Title:

Hallazgo e investigación de entierros de elite Mochica en la Huaca Cao Viejo, Complejo Arqueológico El Brujo

Place of Publication:

Lima : Fundación Augusto N. Wiese, 2021.

Summary:

The magnificent discovery of the context of the Lady of Cao consists of the burial of at least seven individuals distributed in five tombs, the main character being that enigmatic lady, turned today into an icon of Peruvian archaeology. As a result of this archaeological find - occurred in 2004 at the Archaeological Complex El Brujo - many things changed in archaeology and Peruvian society. This monograph of testimonial archaeology gives an account, for the first time at the institutional level, of the investigations of past years around the aforementioned context. The book contains the full report of research on this important archaeological funerary context. The work compiles the contributions of 21 researchers, who, from their various specialties, have addressed over the last 17 years, the scientific study of the aforementioned archaeological context and that of its best-known character. In 13 chapters, the work gives an account of the excavation works of the funerary context, as well as the process of unwrapping the mummies, bioanthropological studies, the study of tattoos and metal artifacts of the trousseau of the Lady of Cao, among other unpublished contents.

The magnificent discovery of the context of the Lady of Cao consists of the burial of at least seven individuals distributed in five tombs, the main character being that enigmatic lady, turned today into an icon of Peruvian archaeology. As a result of this archaeological find - occurred in 2004 at the Archaeological Complex El Brujo - many things changed in archaeology and Peruvian society. This monograph of testimonial archaeology gives an account, for the first time at the institutional level, of the investigations of past years around the aforementioned context. The book contains the full report of research on this important archaeological funerary context. The work compiles the contributions of 21 researchers, who, from their various specialties, have addressed over the last 17 years, the scientific study of the aforementioned archaeological context and that of its best-known character. In 13 chapters, the work gives an account of the excavation works of the funerary context, as well as the process of unwrapping the mummies, bioanthropological studies, the study of tattoos and metal artifacts of the trousseau of the Lady of Cao, among other unpublished contents.

Contents:

1. El Complejo Arqueológico El Brujo: cronología y secuencia cultural / Régulo Franco Jordán

2. Huaca Cao Viejo, el templo mayor / Régulo Franco Jordán

3. Excavaciones en el recinto ceremonial de la esquina superior noroeste de la Huaca Cao Viejo / Régulo Franco Jordán

4. El desentierro de los acompañantes de la Señora de Cao / Régulo Franco Jordán

5. Excavación del entierro No. 3 (Señora de Cao) / Régulo Franco Jordán

6. Apertura de fardos funerarios / Arabel Fernández López

7. Estudio antropológico y paleopatológico de la Señora de Cao y su acompañante sacrificado / John W. Verano y Mellisa Lund Valle

8. Evidencias analíticas de estrangulamientos y artefactos óseos en individuos del enterramiento de la Señora de Cao / Jordi Esteban Farré y Pedro L. Fernández Ruiz

9. Estudio microquímico mediante MEB-EDS (Microscopía electrónica de barrido y análisis de energía dispersiva por rayos X) del pigmento utilizado en el tatuaje de la Señora de Cao / Víctor F. Vásquez Sánchez, Teresa Rosales Tham, Isabel Rey Fraile, Laura Tormo Cifuentes, Beatriz Álvarez Dorda

10. Estudios analíticos sobre las joyas de oro y plata de la Señora de Cao / Roberto Cesareo, Régulo Franco Jordán, Arabel Fernandez, Angel Bustamante, Julio Fabián, Sandra del Pilar Zambrano, Soraia Azeredo, Ricardo T. Lopes, Gabriel M. Ingo, Cristina Riccucci, Gabriella Di Carlo, Giovanni E. Gigante

11. Atributos técnico-estructurales y decorativos de los textiles recuperados del contexto funerario de la Señora de Cao (Tumbas 1, 2, 3 y 4) / Arabel Fernández López

12. Descripción, iconografía y simbolismo de los tatuajes de la Señora de Cao / Régulo Franco Jordán

13. Símbolos de poder en los emblemas y ornamentos metálicos de la Señora de Cao / Régulo Franco Jordán.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-369).

ISBN:

6124869616

9786124869617

OCLC:

1344522890