essay
Moche burials at Pacatnamu
, the moche occupation • 2 • Published In 1997 • Pages: 17-187
By: Donnan, Christopher B., McClelland, Donna.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors excavated 84 burials from various locations at Pacatnamu in the Jequetepeque Valley. Most came from a single cemetery. Three came from a cemetery where only children were found. The remaining burials were from isolated clusters scattered throughout the site. Following a summary of findings, individual burials are described in detail. Drawings of the graves and of select grave goods are provided, along with a list of the contents of each grave, including organic materials. Stylistically, the ceramics indicate a date of late Moche II through Moche III, but three radiocarbon samples produced a date of AD 510-750 calibrated (1490-1250 BP), a range usually given to Moche IV-V.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mortuary specialists
- Flora
- Mortality
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Processing of basic materials
- Utensils
- Archaeological inventories
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Moche
- 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
- 1983-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1600-1250 BP (AD 400-750)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pacatnamú, Guadalupe district, Pacasmayo (Jequetepeque Valley), La Libertad, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Christopher B. Donnan, Donna McClelland
- For bibliographic references see document 27: Donnan (1997, Bibliography)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86061112
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pacatnamú Site (Peru)