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Recent excavations at Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke: a complex Initial Period site in Peru
Journal of field archaeology • 13 (4) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 381-401
By: Pozorski, Shelia Griffis, Pozorski, Thomas George.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Based on excavations at Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke in the Casma Valley on the north coast of Peru, the authors believe it was an urban center that attained a state level of political organization during the Initial Period. Their testing program obtained data on chronology and subsistence. Exploration of Huaca A and aligned structures revealed several unique features at the site, with planned layout of non-domestic architecture. Restricted access to probable centralized storage of surplus production at Huaca A is taken as evidence of a bureaucracy. Furthermore, at the time of abandonment the aligned mounds and compounds were in the process of being expanded at the expense of domestic housing. Presence of a political elite is indicated by higher-status housing and by special-purpose artifacts such as stamps and seals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Government institutions
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Public structures
- Social relationships and groups
- Diet
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Coastal Andean Early Formative
- 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
- article
- 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
- 1980, 1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3800-2900 BP (1800-900 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke (Mojeque), Casma district, Casma, Ancash, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Shelia Pozorski, Thomas Pozorski
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75641025
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities