essay
Chavin, the early horizon and the initial period
origins and development of the andean state • Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] • Published In 1987 • Pages: 36-46
By: Pozorski, Thomas George, Pozorski, Shelia Griffis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors re-examine and re-interpret preexisting definitions for the Initial period and Early Horizon using a variety of evidence: ceramics, absolute dates, iconography, and architecture. They find that the "Mother Culture" of all subsequent Andean civilizations is not the Chavin tradition, developing instead during the Cotton Preceramic with separate coastal and highland networks of chiefdoms. The first states formed in the river valleys of the north and central coast during the Initial period, during which the coastal and highland networks continued to function, spreading goods, ideas, and cultural patterns. Interaction spheres and the polities involved are discussed for the Preceramic period though Early Horizon (only data pertaining to the Early Formative/Initial period are indexed for content).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Settlement patterns
- Territorial hierarchy
- Form and rules of government
- Communication
- Ceramic technology
- Religious and educational structures
- Visual arts
- Comparative evidence
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 5000-2200 BP (3000-200 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- La Libertad, Ancash, Lima, and southwestern Huanuco regions, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thomas Pozorski and Shelia Pozorski
- For bibliographical references see document 24
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86019332
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities