essay
Structure, image, and abstraction: Paracas Necropolis headbands as system templates
paracas art & architecture : object and context in south coastal peru • Iowa City • Published In 1991 • Pages: 110-171
By: Frame, Mary.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author studied a sample of headbands from excavated Paracas Necrópolis (late subtradition) mummy bundles, along with additional headbands from other sites, museums and, collections. The headbands are among the fabrics found wrapped inside funerary bundles. Descriptions include classification of types, yarns, knit or weave, iconography, and color sequences. Most appear to have come from the Paracas Peninsula, but a few distinctive examples could have come from Nazca or some other south coast valley (because no distinctions are provided, all examples are indexed as belonging to the early Nazca subtradition). Parallels are drawn with later [i]quipu[/i] used for recording and/or as mnemonic aids.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cordage
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Special garments
- Visual arts
- 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.
- Textile Analyst
- 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
- 2200-1750 BP (200 BC-AD 250)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Paracas Peninsula, Paracas district, Pisco, Ica, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mary Frame
- For bibliographical references see document 25:Paul (1991, References cited)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91016740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nazca culture