The formative period in the Cajamarca Basin, Peru: excavations at Huacaloma and Layzon, 1982

University of Tokyo Press • [Tokyo] • Published In 1985 • Pages: xxii, 345 , plates

By: Terada, Kazuo, Onuki, Yoshio, Seki, Yuji, Kato, Yasutake, Morimoto, Iwataro, Yoshida, Shunji, Shimada, Melody.

Abstract

Terada and Onuki report on their excavations and findings from the sites of Huacaloma and Layzón in Peru. The Huacaloma site was occupied from the Early Huacaloma through the Middle Cajamarca Periods and the Layzoón site was mostly occupied from the Late Huacaloma through the Layzón Periods. How they excavated and the levels and the stratigraphy they found are reported in great detail along with the architecture and the artifacts. Also described are the human remains found and the pollen and faunal remains collected. The report contains numerous drawings and photographs of the excavation levels, the constructions found within the excavation levels such as walls, platforms, and staircases, the ceramics, and the other artifacts. Most of the architecture described was part of a temple mound or platform although the authors do not refer to it as such until the conclusions. Only the data that pertains to the Early Huacaloma, Late Huacaloma, and Layzón Periods (or 3500 B.P. to 2200 B.P.) were marked for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials ) codes.

HRAF PubDate

2003

Region

South America

Sub Region

Central Andes

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry ; 2002

Field Date

1982

Coverage Date

Early Huacaloma period through Layzón Period

Coverage Place

Huacaloma and Layzón sites; Cajamarca Valley Peru

Notes

Kazuo Terada, Yoshio Onuki

Part I: Excavations at Huacaloma / Yoshio Onuki, Tsuyoshi Ushino, Yuji Seki -- Part II: Excavation at Layzón / Yasutake Kato, Yuji Seki -- Conclusions / Kazuo Terada, Yoshio Onuki -- Appendix II: The human skeletal remains from the 1982 excavations at Huacaloma and Koluitin, Peru / Iwataro Morimoto, Shunji Yoshida -- Appendix III: Continuities and changes in patterns of funal resource utilization: Formative through Cajamarca Periods / Melody Shimada

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-275)

LCCN

85213767

LCSH

Indians of South America--Andes--Antiquities