essay
New evidence on Cerro Sechin, Casma Valley, Peru
early ceremonial architecture in the andes : a conference at dumbarton oaks, 8th to 10th october 1982 • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1985 • Pages: 165-190
By: Samaniego, Lorenzo, Vergara, Enrique, Bischof, Henning.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors discuss some of the results of their research at Cerro Sechin in the Casma Valley of the north coast of Peru. They describe previous research and chronologies, architecture of the central building, construction sequences, and art work including stone carvings and paintings. Reinterpretation of chronology is based on stratigraphy and samples for radiocarbon and thermoluminescece dating from a test pit that included a composite post made of a wooden pole, canes, and reeds bound with rope and plastered over.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Religious and educational structures
- Construction
- Visual arts
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Reviews and critiques
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 1969-1974, 1981, 1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3870-2770 BP (1870-770 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cerro Sechín, Casma district, Casma, Ancash, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lorrenzo Samaniego, Enrique Vergara, Henning Bischof
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-190)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84010291
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities