essay
The offering room group
, the moche occupation • 2 • Published In 1997 • Pages: 283-292
By: Cordy-Collins, Alana.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Offering Room Group is northwest of Huaca 1 at the site of Pacatnamu, in the Jequetepeque Valley. It had burned, baking the inside surface of its walls, charring the cane roof, and altering the Offering Room’s contents. Found in the room were ceramics, bone, metal, textile, shell, and organic materials. Curated human remains were also found. An uncorrected date of 1290 BP (AD 710) puts the event late in the Moche III-V range indicated by the ceramics. The fire may have been intentional, an offering to the gods. An earlier example of such a ceremony was found at Dos Cabezas, in the same valley. A sequence of events is presented, from the construction of the room to its immolation.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Pastoral activities
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Ceramic technology
- Smiths and their crafts
- Religious and educational structures
- Utensils
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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
- 1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1290 BP (AD 710)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Offering Room Group, Pacatnamú, Guadalupe district, Pacasmayo (Jequetepeque Valley), La Libertad, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alana Cordy-Collins
- For bibliographic references see document 27: Donnan (1997, Bibliography)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86061112
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pacatnamú Site (Peru)