book chapter
The Formative period: 1800 B.C. - A.D. 100
peoples and cultures of ancient Peru [by] Luis G. Lumbreras. Translated by Betty J. Meggers • Washington • Published In 1974 • Pages: 48-93, 237-244
By: Lumbreras, Luis Guillermo, Meggers, Betty J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an overview of the Formative Period, including both the Initial Period and Early Horizon, for both the coast and highlands of Peru; only information about the coast during the Early Horizon ("Middle Formative" herein) is relevant to this collection. The author describes ceramics, textiles, metal work, burial practices, cranial deformation and trepanation, settlement patterns, fortifications, and ceremonial structures, highlighting regional variations and interactions.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural participation
- Processing of basic materials
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Coastal Andean Late Formative
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- 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
- 3800-1900 BP (1800 BC-AD 100)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- coastal and highland Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Luis G. Lumbreras. Translated by Betty J. Meggers
- Translation of: [De los pueblos, las culturas y las artes del antiguo Peru]
- The original Spanish text is not included
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74002104
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Peru--Antiquities