Book
The Nasca
Blackwell • Malden, Mass. • Published In 2002 • Pages: xix, 339
By: Silverman, Helaine, Proulx, Donald A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a synthesis that aims to reconstruct the societal context for the existing archaeological record of Nazca material culture. The authors describe ceramics and iconography, sites and settlement patterns, the religious center of Cahuachi, agriculture, warfare, religion, ritual, and sociopolitical organization. They consider only phases 2-7 (ca. AD 1-700) as truly "Nazca," although coverage ranges from Nazca 1 or "Proto-Nazca" through Nazca 8 or "Loro" (ca. 200 BC-AD 800); all have been indexed for content within this collection.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Cultural participation
- Sociocultural trends
- Agriculture
- Exploitative activities
- Processing of basic materials
- Settlement patterns
- Production and supply
- Visual arts
- Territorial hierarchy
- War
- Religious beliefs
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- 1983-1985, 1988-1995, 1997, 1999
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2200-1150 BP (200 BC-AD 850)
- 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
- Helaine Silverman and Donald Proulx
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-327) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2003427920
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nazca culture
- Nazca pottery
- Nazca Lines Site (Peru)
- Nazca (Peru)--Antiquities