book chapter
Prehistoric hunters of the high Andes
Academic Press • New York • Published In 1980 • Pages: i-xix, 1-190, 232-252, 262-360
By: Rick, John W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this book Rick writes of his research in central Peru. There he and others studied the preceramic settlement patterns in an area of the Mantaro drainage. Twenty-six sites were found. Two sites were excavated: Pachamachay, which is a base camp, and Pampacancha, which is thought to be a hunting camp. Rick discusses the puna environment of central Peru and details the habits of the vicuna (the primary resource) and what hunting strategies would have been best. The artifacts found are analyzed, especially the stone tools and debitage, and Rick makes a case for year-round use of the puna habitat. Rick compresses the data from Pachamachay into one time period to analyze the data synchronically. Therefore, as he did not distinguish between the time periods, most of the data was indexed for the time period 12,000 B.P.-3500 B.P. (10,000 B.C to 1500 B.C.). When Rick does distinguish between time periods (as in pages 316-326) only the data that pertain to the 7000 B.P.-3500 B.P. (5000 B.C.-1500 B.C.) time period were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) codes.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Mineral resources
- Fauna
- Annual cycle
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- General tools
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Typologies and classifications
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Highland Andean Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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 ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974 and 1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12,000 BP-3600 BP; but mainly 9000 BP-3600 BP (10,000 B.C.-1600 B.C.; but mainly 7000 B.C.-1600 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pachamachay; Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- John W. Rick
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-352) and index
- Pages 191-231 will be found in 11: Pearsall; Pages 253-256 will be found in 12: Wright; Pages 257-261 will be found in 13: Burger
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79028090
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Andes--Antiquities