essay
The Paracas problem: archaeological perspectives
paracas art & architecture : object and context in south coastal peru • Iowa City • Published In 1991 • Pages: 349-415
By: Silverman, Helaine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Silverman revisits Tello’s early twentieth century writings on the ceramics he recovered from the Paracas Peninsula, focusing on the proposition that they reveal ethnic differentiation on the south coast of Peru during the late Early Horizon and early Early Intermediate Period (largely Paracas/Ocucaje 8-Nazca 2 phases; only Nazca, and relevant Topará, Paracas Necrópolis and Ocucaje 10 subtradition subject matter are indexed for content). Also considered are textiles, settlement patterns, dating, burial practices, and trepanation, among other diagnostic traits.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Diagnostic material attributes
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Cultural participation
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Body alterations
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- Bodily injuries
- Burial practices and funerals
- 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
- 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
- 2800-1850 BP (800 BC-AD 350)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Cañete province, Lima region, and Ica region, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Helaine Silverman
- For bibliographical references see document 25:Paul (1991, References cited)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91016740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nazca culture