essay
Archaeological excavations in the Vegachayoq Moqo sector of Huari
huari administrative structure : prehistoric monumental architecture and state government • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 71-80
By: Bragayrac D., Enrique.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Bragayrac presents a preliminary report of the archaeological excavations in the Vegachayoq Moqo sector of Huari. This sector consists of a religious structure with '…walls that form trapezoidal enclosures to create plazas around the mound …' (page 71). Found within this sector are altars, niches, and many burials. Bragayrac concludes '…that Huari was an urban capital of ceremonial character …' and that the Vegachayoq Moqo temple was so important '… that its followers carefully interred it in the final days that Huari was still functioning as an urban capital.' (page 80).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Religious and educational structures
- Building interiors and arrangement
- Burial practices and funerals
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Huari
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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 ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- December-June 1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Middle Horizon
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Vegachayoq Moqo; site of Huari; Ayacucho Valley; Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Enrique Bragayrac D.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 80)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89023354
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities--Peru