The Paiján people : burials and paleoindian human remains from coastal Peru / Jean-Paul Lacombe AND Claude Chauchat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lacombe, Jean-Paul, author.

Chauchat, Claude, author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 3156.

BAR international series ; 3156

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Indians of South America--Funeral customs and rites--Peru.

Indians of South America.

Peru--Antiquities.

Peru.

Burial--Peru--History--To 1500.

Burial.

Material culture--Peru.

Material culture.

Archaeology--Peru.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 99 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

From 1972 to 1997, archaeological research was undertaken on open air early sites on the north coast of Peru's Cupisnique region. These sites contained lithic tools and faunal remains belonging to the Paijǹ tradition, dating from around 13000 to around 8000 cal BP. In this desert space between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes, superficial sites contained knapped lithics (projectile points and ordinary tools on flakes) and microfaunal remains such as land snails, fish and lizards. After discovering human remains eroding out of the surface, a French-Peruvian team including archaeologist Claude Chauchat and bio-anthropologist Jean-Paul Lacombe excavated a total of 19 burials associated with this Paijǹ tradition. This book presents a detailed description of these remains, yielding information about these foragers' physical constitution as well as their lifestyle.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 31, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407361222

1407361228

OCLC:

1425354210