book chapter
The regional development period: 100 B.C. - A.D. 700
peoples and cultures of ancient Peru • Washington • Published In 1974 • Pages: 94-149, 237-244
By: Lumbreras, Luis Guillermo, Meggers, Betty J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is an overview of the major cultures comprising the Andean Regional Development Period by the Director of the Museo Nacional de Antropología y Arqueología, in Lima, Peru. Lumbreras discusses settlement patterns, subsistence, social organization, arts and crafts, and burial practices of the Gallinazo, Moche, Recuay, Lima, Nazca, Huarpa, Tiahuanac, and some lesser known cultures. The article includes numerous photographs of pottery, stone work, and sites from each period and tradition.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Religious and educational structures
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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 chapter
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- NotesAdditional notes
- Luis G. Lumbreras. Translated by Betty J. Meggers
- Translation of: De los pueblos, las culturas y las artes del antiguo Peru
- The original Spanish text is not included
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74002104
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities