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Preceramic corporate architectureessay 1985 • Feldman, Robert A.
Coastal Andean Archaic • South America > Central Andes
Feldman describes the excavations at two mounds at Aspero: Huaca de los Idolos and Huaca de los Sacrificios. A looters’ trench was cleaned at a third mound, Huaca Alta. The excavations show the mounds were composed of successive building phases, were...Architectural evidence for the development of nonegalitarian social systems in coastal Peruessay 1987 • Feldman, Robert A.
Coastal Andean Archaic • South America > Central Andes
Feldman presents architectural evidence for social stratification during the Preceramic at the site of Aspero, mainly describing the temple mound of Huaca do los Idolos during the Late Preceramic (4750-4400 BP, or 2750-2400 BC). The mounds at Aspero ...