Coastal Andean Early Formative SE41

Format:

Website/Database

Contributor:

Human Relations Area Files, Inc.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Peru.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador.

Ecuador.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Chile.

Peru--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Ecuador--Antiquities.

Chile--Antiquities.

Chile.

Indians of South America--Peru--Antiquities.

Indians of South America.

Indians of South America--Ecuador--Antiquities.

Indians of South America--Chile--Antiquities.

Genre:

Databases

Contained In:

eHRAF Archaeology

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. Human Realtions Area Files 2014-

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This collection of 22 documents, 23 in English and 1 in French, discuss the Coastal Andean Early Formative tradition. Although it ranges into southern Ecuador and northern Chile, this tradition is located principally along the desert coast of Peru from the Chira River basin in the far north to the Ica Valley in the south. It occurred from circa 3800-3000 BP. Readers will find there is some overlap in time periods, location, and material culture between the various Andean traditions as many authors discuss the changes from the Preceramic period and into the Early Horizon. Although each collection is indexed only for its own time period and location, readers are encouraged to examine the documents in the other collections for additional information. In particular the readeris directed to the following archaeological traditions: Coastal Andean Archaic, Coastal Andean Late Formative, Highland Andean Formative, Chavín, and Nazca. Several documents provide overviews of the tradition. Burger discusses the Initial Period in Peru from the Tumbes drainage in the far north to south of the Lurin Valley. Moseley provides an overview of the artifacts and sites of the Initial Period and the Early Horizon, mostly in Peru. Moseley introduces other documents from the same 1985 volume (Conklin; Patterson; Ravines; Samaniego and others; Williams León) and also describes some of the monuments and cultural changes of the late Preceramic and Early Formative Periods. Lumbreras writes an overview of the Formative Period in Peru, including both the coast and the highlands, from the Jequetepeque to Ica valleys, briefly touching on the Early Formative or Initial Period. Many documents describe their authors' fieldwork in various coastal valleys. Ravines describes work in the Jequetepeque Valley. Fieldwork in the Moche Valley can be found in Pozorski and Pozorski, T. Pozorski, and Conklin. Pozorski and Pozorski describe work in both the Moche and Casma Valleys. Casma Valley fieldwork is found in Pozorski and Pozorski; Samaniego and others; and S. Pozorski. Twenty kilometers south of the Casma Valley is the site of Las Haldas (Matsuzawa, 1978). Patterson worked in the Rimac Valley. The site of Cardal in the Lurin Valley is discussed by Burger and Salazar-Burger. Williams León examines the formal architecture of the central and north coast of Peru, concentrating on the U-shaped pyramid complex and the circular sunken plaza. Also focusing on architecture, Pozorski and Pozorski present a case where the monumental architecture was not a "huaca" or sacred place, and that archaeologists therefore should also consider secular functions for these structures. Pozorski and Pozorski also demonstrate how two separate networks of chiefdom polities developed along the coast and in the highlands. Haas contains the references for S. Pozorski and for Pozorskiand Pozorski

Contents:

The Initial Period societies on the coast Richard L. Burger The second season of investigations at the Initial Period center of Cardal, Peru : Andes Region

Antiquities Richard Burger, Lucy Salazar-Burger The architecture of Huaca los Reyes William J. Conklin References cited Jonathan Haas, Shelia Pozorski, Thomas Pozorski The Formative period : 1800 B.C. - A.D. 100 Luis G. Lumbreras ; translated by Betty J. Meggers The formative site of Las Haldas, Peru : architecture, chronology, and economy Tsugio Matsuzawa, translated by Izumi Shimada The exploration and explanation of early monumental architecture in the Andes ; The Initial Period and Early Horizon Michael E. Moseley The Huaca La Florida, Rimac Valley, Peru Thomas C. Patterson An early subsistence exchange system in the Moche Valley, Peru ; Early civilization in the Casma Valley, Peru ; Recent excavations at Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke : a complex Initial Period site in Peru ; Chavin, the early horizon and the initial period ; Early complex society and ceremonialism on the Peruvian north coast Shelia Pozorski, Thomas Pozorski Theocracy vs. militarism : the significance of the Casma Valley in understanding early state formation Shelia Pozorski Tradition Summary, Coastal Andean Early Formative Shelia and Thomas Pozorski Caballo muerto : a complex of early ceramic sites in the Moche Valley, Peru by Thomas George Pozorski Early social stratification and subsistence systems : the Caballo Muerto complex Thomas Pozorski Temple, palais ou entrepot? la centralisation du pouvoir dans le Pérou préhistorique Thomas et Shelia Pozorski Early monumental architecture of the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru Rogger Ravines New evidence on Cerro Sechin, Casma Valley, Peru Lorrenzo Samaniego, Enrique Vergara, Henning Bischof A scheme for the early monumental architecture of the central coast of Peru Carlos Williams

Notes:

This portion of eHRAF archaeology was first released in 2014

Online resource; title from Web page (viewed September 7, 2015)

Includes bibliographical references

Contains:

Burger, Richard L. Initial Period societies on the coast

Burger, Richard L. Second season of investigations at the Initial Period center of Cardal, Peru

Conklin, William J. Architecture of Huaca los Reyes

Haas, Jonathan, 1949- References cited

Lumbreras, Luis Guillermo. Formative period, 1800 B.C. - A.D. 100

Matsuzawa, Tsugio. Formative site of Las Haldas, Peru

Moseley, Michael Edward. Exploration and explanation of early monumental architecture in the Andes

Moseley, Michael Edward. Initial Period and Early Horizon

Patterson, Thomas C. (Thomas Carl), 1937- Huaca La Florida, Rimac Valley, Peru

Pozorski, Shelia Griffis. Early subsistence exchange system in the Moche Valley, Peru

Pozorski, Shelia Griffis. Early civilization in the Casma Valley, Peru

Pozorski, Shelia Griffis. Recent excavations at Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke, a complex Initial Period site in Peru

Pozorski, Shelia Griffis. Theocracy vs. militarism, the significance of the Casma Valley in understanding early state formation

Pozorski, Shelia Griffis. Tradition Summary, Coastal Andean Early Formative

Pozorski, Thomas George. Caballo muerto, a complex of early ceramic sites in the Moche Valley, Peru

Pozorski, Thomas George. Chavin, the early horizon and the initial period

Pozorski, Thomas George. Early complex society and ceremonialism on the Peruvian north coast

Pozorski, Thomas George. Early social stratification and subsistence systems, the Caballo Muerto complex

Pozorski, Thomas George. Temple, palais ou entrepot?

Ravines, Rogger. Early monumental architecture of the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru

Samaniego, Lorenzo. New evidence on Cerro Sechin, Casma Valley, Peru

Williams León, Carlos. Scheme for the early monumental architecture of the central coast of Peru

OCLC:

920449671

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