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Paracas: discovery and controversy
paracas art & architecture : object and context in south coastal peru • Iowa City • Published In 1991 • Pages: 35-60
By: Daggett, Richard Earl.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author covers the history of the study of Paracas textiles starting from around 1905 when looted examples appeared on the market. Some two decades later, the pioneering Peruvian archaeologist Julio C. Tello, who had expended considerable effort tracking down and studying the textiles, was able to persuade a looter to reveal to him the location of one of the sites on the Paracas Peninsula. Detail is provided about the individuals involved, the squabbles between them, where some the specimens ended up, and the early scientific excavations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Artifact and archive collections
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- 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
- 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
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1905-1934
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Paracas district, Pisco, Ica, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard E. Daggett
- For bibliographical references see document 25:Paul (1991, References cited)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91016740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nazca culture