book chapter
The Initial Period societies on the coast
Chavin and the origins of Andean civilization • New York • Published In 1995 • Pages: 56-103
By: Burger, Richard L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Burger discusses the Initial Period on the central coast of Peru, as well as some sites on the south coast and to the north into southern Ecuador that are content-indexed despite being outside the area of the Coastal Andean Early Formative tradition. The tradition is marked by the introduction of pottery and the shift of major centers and public monuments from the coast to inland locations near agricultural zones. This document provides broad coverage of ceramics, public architecture, visual arts, subsistence, settlement patterns, funerary practices, social organization, warfare, and political organization, highlighting differences between the north, central, and south coasts of Peru.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural participation
- Ceramic technology
- Architecture
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- Community heads
- Instigation of war
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Coastal Andean Early Formative
- 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
- 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.
- 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; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4100-2900 BP (2100-900 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- coastal Lambayeque, La Libertad, Ancash and Lima regions, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard L. Burger
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92080337
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities