Nazca SE51

Format:

Website/Database

Contributor:

Human Relations Area Files, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Peru.

Nazca culture.

Peru--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Indians of South America--Peru--Antiquities.

Indians of South America.

Cahuachi Site (Peru).

Nazca Lines Site (Peru).

Marcaya Site (Peru).

Nazca pottery.

Peru--Cahuachi Site.

Peru--Marcaya Site.

Peru--Nazca Lines Site.

Genre:

Databases

Contained In:

eHRAF Archaeology

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. Human Realtions Area Files 2015-

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This collection of 27 documents discuss the Nazca tradition centered in the Río Grande de Nasca drainage (Nazca Basin) and the Ica Valley - though ranging north and south on the south coast of Peru from the Cañete to Yauca valleys, and with traces into the adjacent highlands of Ayacucho - between 2200 and 1200 BP (200 B.C.- A.D. 800). Readers will find there is some overlap in time periods, location, and material culture between the various Andean traditions where authors discuss the changes from the Late Formative or Early Horizon into this tradition, including the relationship of the Topará, Paracas Necrópolis, and Ocucajesub traditions to Nazca. Although each collection is indexed for content pertaining only to its own time period and location, readers are encouraged to examine the documents in other collections for additional information. In particular the reader is directed to the Coastal Andean Late Formative, Highland Andean Formative, Chavín, Andean Regional Development, Moche, and Huari traditions. Proulx uses ceramic iconography to explain Nazca religious ideology andprovide an overview of the Nazca tradition. Silverman and Proulx also provide a synthesis of the Nazca tradition. A shorter overview focusing on the Ocucaje 8 through Nazca 2 phases can be found in Silverman. Carmichael analyzes burials from throughout the Nazca Basin in order to evaluate whether Nazca was a state society. Paul presents a short summary of the Paracas subtradition, much of it pertaining to the preceding Coastal Andean Late Formative tradition. Archaeological fieldwork in the core area is presented in several documents. Massey conducted a general archaeological reconnaissance in the Ica Valley. Rodríguez de Sandweiss analyzed shellfish remains from Cahuachi, in the Nazca Basin. Schreiber and Lancho Rojas surveyed several valleys in the Nazca Basin and mapped existing puquios or aqueducts. Silverman describes her excavations at the Room of the Posts and other areas at the site of Cahuachi. She makes the case that Cahuachi was primarily a pilgrimage site. Vaughn provides invaluable contrast with excavations not far upriver, at the simple village site of Marcaya. The Nazca lines or geoglyphs on the "Pampa" or desert plain at the heart of the Nazca Basin are the focus several documents from an edited volume, the references for which can be found in Aveni. Aveni describes the lines, how they were created, their variety, and the line centers; aerial views are in Aveni. He proposes that they were created for more than one purpose, with additional evidence presented in Aveni. Clarkson documents the archaeological remains found on the pampa with the geoglyphs. Ruggles conducts a statistical analysis of the line azimuths. The famed Paracas textiles are examined in another edited volume, references for which are found in Paul. Daggett covers the history of scientific research in the area. Frame concentrates on describing headbands. Jakes presents the results of a chemical analysis of loose fibers from selected Paracas Necrópolis textiles. Paul publishes a description of the contents of an unwrapped burial bundle. Peters examines the designs on Paracas textiles to find meaning in the iconography

Contents:

An assessment of previous studies of the Nazca glyphs ; Appendix I : An analysis of the Cantalloc spiral ; Appendix II : A walk across the pampa ; Appendix IV : Photomosaic of the Pampa ; Order in the Nazca lines ; References cited and partial bibliography on Nazca and the ground drawings A. F. Aveni Nasca mortuary customs : death and ancient society on the south coast of Peru By Patrick H. Carmichael The archaeology of the Nazca pampa : environmental and cultural parameters Persis B. Clarkson Paracas : discovery and controversy Richard E. Daggett Structure, image, and abstraction : Paracas Necropolis headbands as system templates Mary Frame Physical and chemical analysis of Paracas fibers Kathryn A. Jakes Social and political leadership in the lower Ica Valley : Ocucaje phases 8 and 9 Sarah A. Massey Paracas Necropolis bundle 89 : a description and discussion of its contents ; Paracas : an ancient cultural tradition on the south coast of Peru ; References cited Anne Paul Ecology and society in embroidered images from the Paracas Necropolis Ann H. Peters A sourcebook of Nasca ceramic iconography : reading a culture through its art Donald A. Proulx Tradition Summary, Nazca Donald Proulx Malacological analysis by María del Carmen Rodríguez de Sandweiss A statistical examination of the radial line azimuths at Nazca Clive L. N. Ruggles The Puquios of Nasca Katharina J. Schreiber and Josu©♭ Lancho Rojas A Nasca 8 occupation at an early Nasca site ; Cahuachi in the ancient Nasca world ; The early Nasca pilgrimage center of Cahuachi and the Nazca lines : anthropological and archaeological perspectives ; The Paracas problem : archaeological perspectives Helaine Silverman The Nasca Helaine Silverman and Donald Proulx The ancient Andean village : Marcaya in prehispanic Nasca Kevin J. Vaughn

Notes:

This portion of eHRAF archaeology was first released in 2015

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

Includes bibliographical references

Contains:

Aveni, Anthony F. Lines of Nazca. Assessment of previous studies of the Nazca glyphs

Aveni, Anthony F. Lines of Nazca, Appendix I. Analysis of the Cantalloc spiral

Aveni, Anthony F. Lines of Nazca, Appendix II. Walk across the pampa

Aveni, Anthony F. Lines of Nazca, Appendix IV. Photomosaic of the Pampa

Aveni, Anthony F. Lines of Nazca. Order in the Nazca lines

Aveni, Anthony F. References cited and partial bibliography on Nazca and the ground drawings

Carmichael, Patrick H. Nasca mortuary customs

Clarkson, Persis B. Archaeology of the Nazca pampa

Daggett, Richard Earl. Paraca, discovery and controversy

Frame, Mary. Structure, image, and abstraction

Jakes, Kathryn A., 1949- Physical and chemical analysis of Paracas fibers

Massey, Sarah A. Social and political leadership in the lower Ica Valley, Ocucaje phases 8 and 9

Paul, Anne. Paracas Necropolis bundle 89

Paul, Anne. Paracas, an ancient cultural tradition on the south coast of Peru

Paul, Anne. Paracas art & architecture. References cited

Peters, Ann H. (Ann Hudson), 1955- Ecology and society in embroidered images from the Paracas Necropolis

Proulx, Donald A., 1939- Sourcebook of Nasca ceramic iconography

Proulx, Donald A., 1939- Tradition Summary, Nazca

Rodríguez de Sandweiss, María del Carmen. Malacological analysis

Ruggles, C. L. N. (Clive L. N.). Statistical examination of the radial line azimuths at Nazca

Schreiber, Katharina Jeanne. Puquios of Nasca

Silverman, Helaine. Nasca 8 occupation at an early Nasca site

Silverman, Helaine. Cahuachi in the ancient Nasca world

Silverman, Helaine. Early Nasca pilgrimage center of Cahuachi and the Nazca lines

Silverman, Helaine. Nasca

Silverman, Helaine. Paracas problem, archaeological perspectives

Vaughn, Kevin J. Ancient Andean village, Marcaya in prehispanic Nasca

OCLC:

920449441

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