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Early complex society and ceremonialism on the Peruvian north coast
Senri ethnological studies • 37 • Published In 1993 • Pages: 45-68
By: Pozorski, Thomas George, Pozorski, Shelia Griffis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors explore some of the different ways complex society and its accompanying ceremonialism can develop by examining early sites in the Moche and Casma Valleys on the north coast of Peru. They begin with the Cotton Preceramic site of Huaynuná where a melding of coastal and highland traits is seen in the architecture. There follows a comparison of the architecture, religious structures, evidence for site planning, iconography, and ceramics of the two valleys. There are shared traits indicating some kind of interaction, but at the same time there are enough differences to argue for regional insularity. It is asserted that new evolutionary models are needed to explain the unusual aspects of this pattern.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural participation
- Religious and educational structures
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Communication
- 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
- 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; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3900-2900 BP (1900-900 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- coastal southern Lambayeque, La Libertad and northern Ancash regions (north coast), Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thomas Pozorski, Shelia Pozorski
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-68)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82641261
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities