essay
A technical and iconographic analysis of Carhua painted textiles
paracas art & architecture : object and context in south coastal peru • Iowa City • Published In 1991 • Pages: 61-109
By: Wallace, Dwight T..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wallace examines the weaving and painted designs of some 150 Paracas textiles, and compares them to the style and iconography of stone sculpture from Chavín de Huántar. Radiocarbon dates and relative stratigraphic placement are considered, along with the sequence for Ica Valley ceramics. Despite a number of motifs that appear on the textiles that are not found in Chavín sculpture, they are seen as adhering closely to a narrowly defined Chavín style of art produced for ritual purposes. Differences are minor between local assemblages of textiles, probably because of their highly portable nature. Chavín influence on textiles wanes by the latter half of the Paracas subtradition.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cordage
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- Sacred objects and places
- 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.
- Textile Analyst
- 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
- 2800-2200 BP (800-200 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pisco and Ica provinces, Ica, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dwight T. Wallace
- For bibliographical references see document 19: Paul (1991, References cited)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91016740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Andes Region--Antiquities