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A study of the Andean Huari ceramics from the early intermediate period to the middle horizon epoch 1
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1997 • Pages:
By: Knobloch, Patricia J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation analyzed ceramic sherds collected from two stratified refuse deposits at Huari, a mostly Middle Horizon archaeological site 25 km. north of Ayacucho, Peru. Additional ceramics were examined at the Peabody Museum at Yale and the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley (now the Phoebe Hearst Museum). Knobloch developed a chronology based on the stylistic changes in ceramic attributes of vessel shapes and decorations. She compared and contrasted her seriational chronology with the work done by Dorothy Menzel in her 1964 publication 'Style and Time in the Middle Horizon', (Nawpa Pacha 2: 1-106). In this dissertation Knobloch disagreed with Menzel on the amount of influence other cultures, such as Nasca, had on Huari potters. Knobloch showed that Huarpa ceramics and culture were prevalent at Huari in the late Early Intermediate Period and that Huari ceramics can often be seen as building on this earlier tradition. Instead, Huari potters chose designs from outside cultures that best fit their own religious views. In other words, Huari culture was not transformed by a foreign power but occurred gradually through its own initiative and Huari urbanism. Knobloch also argued that Huari-Tihuanaco interaction began in Epoch 1B of the Middle Horizon, when they shared stylistic ceramic attributes and perhaps a religion.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Comparative evidence
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Typologies and classifications
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Andean Regional Development
- 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
- Book
- 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
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Patricia Jean Knobloch
- UM 8321223
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-429)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- State University of New York at Binghamton, 1983
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities