book chapter
The preceramic foundations of civilization
Incas and their ancestors : the archaeology of Peru • New York, N.Y. • Published In 1992 • Pages: 98-121, 265
By: Moseley, Michael Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Moseley discusses the preceramic traditions of Ecuador, Peru and Chile (mostly Peru), and the differences between their coastal and highland Andean traditions. Topics include diet, agriculture, the expansion of fishing accompanied by population growth, settlement size, monumental architecture, mortuary practices, the arts, design motifs on textiles and their persistence in later traditions, unbaked clay figurines, and the Aspero and Paraiso subtraditions.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Cultural participation
- Agriculture
- Diet
- Structures
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 7000–3775 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- north coastal Chile, south coastal Ecuador, coastal and highland Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael E. Moseley
- Includes bibliographical references ( p.265)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91065309
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Incas
- Peru--Antiquities