Book
A sourcebook of Nasca ceramic iconography: reading a culture through its art
University of Iowa Press • Iowa City, Iowa • Published In 2006 • Pages:
By: Proulx, Donald A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author examined more than six thousand decorated ceramic vessels to develop a classification and interpretation of Nazca iconographic themes, mostly pertaining to stylistic phases 2-7 (circa 2000-1350 BP, or AD 1-650). The final chapter provides a good overview of Nazca culture from the perspective of the analysis of artistic motifs, including such topics as ritual, mythical beings, face painting, warfare, trophy heads, daily life, farming, subsistence, clothing, and dwellings.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Visual arts
- Culture summary
- Typologies and classifications
- Food quest
- Agriculture
- Diet
- Clothing
- Structures
- War
- Burial practices and funerals
- Religious beliefs
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nazca
- 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
- Book
- 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; 2013
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1985-1998
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2200-1200 BP (200 BC-AD 800)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Cañete province, Lima region, Ica region, and Caravelí province, Arequipa region (south coast), Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Donald A. Proulx
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211-228) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2006044599
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nazca pottery--Themes, motives
- Nazca culture
- Idols and images--Peru
- Peru--Antiquities