book chapter
The Late Preceramic and the beginnings of Peruvian civilization
Chavin and the origins of Andean civilization • New York • Published In 1995 • Pages: 26-42
By: Burger, Richard L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Burger writes about the Late Preceramic period of coastal and highland Peru. He describes their economies, including: food crops, fishing, and long distance trade; arts and artifacts, such as textiles and pyroengraved gourds; mortuary remains; and monumental architecture. He compares coastal Peru with the highlands and discusses possible long distance trade with the Amazon lowlands. The development of "settled village farming and the creation of large public works…seems to have gone hand in hand with collective labor. Life revolved around cooperative efforts" that benefitted the whole community and not individuals (pages 54-55). There is no evidence of a stratified society that used coercion to mobilize the labor force and the community authorities do not seem to have used their power to gain personal wealth or power over the individuals in their communities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Structures
- Tools and appliances
- Production and supply
- External trade
- Labor supply and employment
- Visual arts
- Classes
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Coastal Andean Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Andes
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5000–4000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- coastal and highland Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard L. Burger
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92080337
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities