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Paracas: discovery and controversy

paracas art & architecture : object and context in south coastal peru • Iowa City • Published In 1991 • Pages: 35-60

By: Daggett, Richard Earl.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Daggett covers the history of the study of Paracas textiles starting from around 1905 when looted examples appeared on the market. Some two decades later, the pioneering Peruvian archaeologist Julio C. Tello, who had expended considerable effort tracking down and studying the textiles, was able to persuade a looter to reveal to him the location of one of the sites on the Paracas Peninsula. Detail is provided about the individuals involved, the squabbles between them, where some the specimens ended up, and the early scientific excavations.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Reviews and critiques

Artifact and archive collections

Post depositional processes in archaeological sites

Woven and other interworked fabrics

Burial practices and funerals

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

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

AD 1905-1934

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Lima and Ica regions, Peru

NotesAdditional notes

Ricahrd E. Daggett

For bibliographical references see document 19: Paul (1991, References cited)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

91016740

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Andes Region--Antiquities