Book
Nasca mortuary customs: death and ancient society on the south coast of Peru
UMI • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 2012 • Pages:
By: Carmichael, Patrick H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
For this dissertation, the author analyzed 213 burials from the Pisco to Acarí valleys. Maps of burial grounds and illustrations of graves and ceramic offerings are supplied where available. Age and gender, body treatment, posture and placement, tomb location and construction, and grave goods are recorded, and considered in reconstructions of possible mortuary ceremonies. Energy expenditure was calculated as another potential measure of status. It is found that grave goods varied more in kind than quantity, and there was no evident restriction in access. Exceptions include gold ornaments, large timber posts used to construct burial chambers, and miniature vessels, found in some, though not all, high status graves. Quantity and variety of textiles in increased with status, but with no evident discontinuities in distribution. It is concluded that Nazca was a ranked society without formal stratification, organized politically into independent, minimal to typical chiefdoms.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Work in skins
- Ceramic technology
- Labor and leisure
- Status, role, and prestige
- Community heads
- Burial practices and funerals
- 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
- 1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2000-1200 BP (AD 1-800)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ica region, and Caravelí province, Arequipa region (south coast), Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Patrick H. Carmichael
- UM 8918465
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-458)
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nazca culture