book chapter
The Initial Period and Early Horizon
Incas and their ancestors : the archaeology of Peru • New York, N.Y. • Published In 1992 • Pages: 122-159, 265 , plates
By: Moseley, Michael Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Moseley gives a brief overview of the sites and artifacts of the Initial period and the Early Horizon of the Central Andes, mostly Peru. Subjects include irrigation agriculture and how it reflects collective organization of labor, monumental architecture such as U-shaped ceremonial centers, political structure, other coastal traditions including Paraiso and those on the northern and southern frontiers, and corresponding highland traditions. Population growth was driven by use of domesticated plants and animals, and highest population density was along the largest rivers of the desert coast. There is coverage of the Early Horizon in Peru and Bolivia, but only the information pertaining to the Coastal Andean Early Formative is indexed for content.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Cultural participation
- Tillage
- Water supply
- Religious and educational structures
- Labor relations
- Visual arts
- Community heads
- 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
- 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
- 3800-2200 BP (1800-200 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- La Libertad, Ancash, and Lima regions, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael E. Moseley
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91065309
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities