Book
A study of the Andean Huari ceramics from the early intermediate period to the middle horizon epoch 1
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1997 • Pages:
By: Knobloch, Patricia Jean.
Abstract
This dissertation analyzed ceramic sherds collected from two stratified refuse deposits at Huari, a mostly Middle Horizon archaeological site 25 km. north of Ayacucho, Peru. Additional ceramics were examined at the Peabody Museum at Yale and the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley (now the Phoebe Hearst Museum). Knobloch developed a chronology based on the stylistic changes in ceramic attributes of vessel shapes and decorations. She compared and contrasted her seriational chronology with the work done by Dorothy Menzel in her 1964 publication 'Style and Time in the Middle Horizon', (Nawpa Pacha 2: 1-106). In this dissertation Knobloch disagreed with Menzel on the amount of influence other cultures, such as Nasca, had on Huari potters. Knobloch showed that Huarpa ceramics and culture were prevalent at Huari in the late Early Intermediate Period and that Huari ceramics can often be seen as building on this earlier tradition. Instead, Huari potters chose designs from outside cultures that best fit their own religious views. In other words, Huari culture was not transformed by a foreign power but occurred gradually through its own initiative and Huari urbanism. Knobloch also argued that Huari-Tihuanaco interaction began in Epoch 1B of the Middle Horizon, when they shared stylistic ceramic attributes and perhaps a religion.
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Notes
- by Patricia Jean Knobloch
- UM 8321223
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-429)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- State University of New York at Binghamton, 1983
- LCSH
- Indians of South America--Antiquities