Cultural Stratigraphy in the Virú Valley Northern Peru : The Formative and Florescent Epochs / William Duncan Strong, Clifford Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, William Duncan, author.

Evans, Clifford, author.

Series:

Columbia Studies in Archeology and Ethnology

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1952]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An anthropological study on human cultural adaptation of mankind within the confines of a small area over a long period of time by studying the stratigraphic record of the lower and older half of the Viru Valley in Northern Peru. Describes the rise of early civilizations in the Viru Valley and the highly evolved and colorful native civilizations that occupied the area in pre-European times.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Figures

Tables

Plates

Introduction

Background of Our Excavations in the Virú Valley

Huaca Negra Site (V-71) near Guañape

Cemetery V-66 near Puerto Moorin

The Gallinazo Site (V-59) near Carmelo Hacienda

Castillo de Tomaval Site (V-51)

The Huaca de la Cruz Site (V-162) near El Puente

Cultural Configurations in the Virú Valley in Relation to Those of the Chicama-Santa Catalina Valleys during the Formative and Florescent Epochs

Wider Cultural Relationships in Coastal Peru during the Formative and Florescent Epochs

Conclusion

Appendices

Literature Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231880541

0231880545

OCLC:

654723873