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A technical and iconographic analysis of Carhua painted textilesessay 1991 • Wallace, Dwight T.
Coastal Andean Late Formative • South America > Central Andes
Wallace examines the weaving and painted designs of some 150 Paracas textiles, and compares them to the style and iconography of stone sculpture from Chavín de Huántar. Radiocarbon dates and relative stratigraphic placement are considered, along with...