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The development of the Formative culture in the CEJA DE MONTAñA: a viewpoint based on the materials from the Kotosh site

dumbarton oaks conference on chavín, october 26th and 27th, 1968 • Washington • Published In 1971 • Pages: 49-72

By: Izumi, Seiichi.

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

Izumi organized the University of Tokyo Scientific Expedition to the Andes to carry out large-scale excavations at the site of Kotosh. This article summarizes his findings from that site. The article covers the time periods and cultures of Higueras, Sajara-Patac, Chavín, Kotosh, Waira-jirca, and Mito. Only the Chavín and Kotosh periods were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. Izumi also discusses Kotosh in the context of the surrounding sites in the upper Huallage valley. The research and writting for this article were done before many radiocarbon dates were available for Chavín, so arranging the various periods in chronological order is one of the main concerns of Izumi's article.

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

Identification

Ceramic technology

Lithic industries

Visual arts

Chronologies and culture sequences

Typologies and classifications

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Chavín

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2004

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 ; 2003

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1958, 1960, 1963, 1966

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

Middle Formative

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

Kotosh site and Upper Huallaga valley; Peru

NotesAdditional notes

Seiichi Izumi

Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-72)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

73153502

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Chavín culture