essay
Temple, palais ou entrepot?: la centralisation du pouvoir dans le Pérou préhistorique
Ville et pouvoir en Amérique: les formes de l'autorité, sous la direction de Jérome Monnet • Paris • Published In 1999 • Pages: 87-110
By: Pozorski, Thomas George, Pozorski, Shelia Griffis.
Abstract
The authors assess the premise that all Initial period monumental structures in Peru were huacas or sacred places. Their fieldwork in the Casma Valley on the north coast suggests otherwise and they propose the re-examination of other platform mound complexes for secular functions or associations. For the site of Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeque they find while Moxeque was a religious structure, Huaca A was used for storage and management of surplus goods, and 110 intermediate-size platforms were used for administration. Additional fieldwork at Sechín Alto focused on the Pyramid of the Columns in the Taukachi-Konkan complex, interpreted as a palace or elite residence with rooms for both public and private use.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2014
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2012
- Field Date
- 1992-1994
- Coverage Date
- 3600-3100 BP (1600-1100 BC)
- Coverage Place
- Casma Valley, Peru, Casma district, Casma, Ancash, Peru
- Notes
- Thomas et Shelia Pozorski
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-110)
- Chapitre 5
- LCCN
- 99459331
- LCSH
- Andes Region--Antiquities