essay
Social and political leadership in the lower Ica Valley: Ocucaje phases 8 and 9
paracas art & architecture : object and context in south coastal peru • Iowa City • Published In 1991 • Pages: 315-348
By: Massey, Sarah A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Massey addresses Paracas political leadership in the lower Ica Valley, drawing on archaeological reconnaissance focused on architecture and pottery production, supplemented by examination of possible influences on ceramics from the Topará subtradition and the Nazca tradition. The evidence reveals that the Callango Basin was likely the social and political center during a circa 2300-2200 BP (300-200 BC) period of unification of polities throughout the middle and lower Ica Valley, marked by a notable uniformity in the style of locally produced ceramics. Only data pertaining to Ocucaje subtradition phase 10 (2100-2000 BP [100-1 BC]) are indexed for content relevant to the Nazca tradition.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological survey methods
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural participation
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- Territorial hierarchy
- 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
- 1980-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2300-2000 BP (300-1 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ica province (Ica Valley), Ica, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Sarah A. Massey
- For bibliographical references see document 25:Paul (1991, References cited)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91016740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nazca culture