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The archaeology of the Nazca pampa: environmental and cultural parameters
lines of nazca • 183 • Published In 1990 • Pages: 115-172
By: Clarkson, Persis B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a documentation and interpretation of artifacts found during the author’s survey of the plains containing the celebrated Nazca geoglyphs, including cairns, miscellaneous structures, lithics, shell, bone, and ceramics.. Stone circles might have been used as shelters from the wind. Many of the associated ceramic vessels are undecorated, so may have been used by the workers during construction to carry water. These plain wares cannot presently be dated. Other ceramics that can be assigned to the Nazca stylistic sequence indicate that the two classes of geoglyphs, linear and figural, were made during different cultural periods. Post-Nazca features and artifacts also are described; only those pertaining to Nazca have been indexed for content within this collection.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological survey methods
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Lithic industries
- Ceramic technology
- Architecture
- Visual arts
- Sacred objects and places
- 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
- 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; 2013
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982-1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2200-466 BP (200 BC-AD 1534) [Early Intermediate Period-Late Horizon]
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- "Pampa" (Nazca Lines), El Ingenio and Nazca districts, Nazca, Ica, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Persis B. Clarkson
- For bibliographical references see document 12:Aveni (1990, References cited…)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89084667
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nazca culture
- Social structure--Peru--History
- Nazca Lines Site (Peru)