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 reassess existing definitions of the Initial Period and Early Horizon, considering evidence from ceramics, absolute dating, iconography, and architecture, and including a discussion of Preceramic through Early Period polities and interactions (only information pertaining to the Late Formative and Early Horizon or Period is relevant to this collection). They show that coastal sites attributed to the Early Horizon predate by up to a millennium highland sites attributed to the same time period on the basis of traits like decorative friezes. Therefore, late Early Horizon Chavín can no longer be considered the "Mother Culture" of later Andean civilizations, for states originated during the Initial Period of the north and central coast, with the Chavín phenomenon radiating from the highland site of Chavín de Huántar now appearing to be a disruptive amalgamation of existing, external traits instead of an original, unifying concept.
- 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 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
- 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
- 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, Huánaco, and Lima regions, (north-central coast and highland) Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thomas Pozorski and Shelia Pozorski
- For bibliographical references see document 8: Haas (1987, References cited)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86019332
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities