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Archaeological investigation of Late Archaic sites (3000–1800 B.C.) in the Pativilca Valley, Peru
Fieldiana Anthropology • (40) • Published In 2007 • Pages: 1-79
By: Creamer, Winifred, Ruiz Rubio, Alvaro A., Haas, Jonathan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors present the results of fieldwork in the Pativilca Valley, and examine the evidence with the goal of understand the early political development in the Norte Chico region. They describe eight sites with monumental architecture, circular plazas, two cemeteries, and one site with a residential area. The sites are open, with mounds facing into the valley. There is no indication of warfare. Looters’ pits and other areas of disturbance were examined to document the stratigraphy of the various mounds, and radiocarbon samples came mostly from shicra bags used in their construction; further testing is needed to test for contemporaneity and for continuous use. The architecture of the mounds indicates that religious activities could have been visible to large numbers of people, with access to subsequent rituals progressively limited to ever smaller groups.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Archaeological survey methods
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Public structures
- Settlement patterns
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Territorial hierarchy
- General character of religion
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Coastal Andean Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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
- article
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2002
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4700-3800 BP (2700-1800 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Barranca province (Pativilca Valley), Lima region, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Winifred Creamer, Alvaro Ruiz, Jonathan Haas
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-78)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 06020329
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities