Book
The ancient Andean village: Marcaya in prehispanic Nasca
University of Arizona Press • Tucson • Published In 2009 • Pages:
By: Vaughn, Kevin J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
For this doctoral dissertation the author excavated the site of Marcaya, a village dating to Nazca phases 3-4, providing contrast to the excavated ceremonial center of Cahuachi that peaked contemporaneously within same branch of the Nazca Basin. A surprising finding is the high percentage of fineware polychrome ceramics, present in all Marcaya households. There is no evidence for ceramic production in the village. Instead, the polychrome ceramics probably were produced at Cahuachi. There is an evaluation of household organization, status, and economic and ritual activities, including exchange, providing an understanding of Early Nazca villages. How such villages interacted with Cahuachi and how Cahuachi shaped the political economy through ritual is also discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Ceramic technology
- Commercial facilities
- Production and supply
- Household
- Inter-community relations
- Sacred objects and places
- Ritual
- 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
- 1996-1998
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2000-1550 BP (AD 1-450)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nazca province (Nazca Basin), Ica, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kevin J. Vaughn
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-199) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2008050880
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nazca culture
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru
- Marcaya Site (Peru)