essay
Investigations at the Pikillacta site: a provincial Huari center in the Valley of Cuzco
huari administrative structure : prehistoric monumental architecture and state government • Washington, D.C. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 93-119
By: McEwan, Gordon Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
McEwan provides a detailed overview of the site of Pikillacta, especially its architectural components. Through his research at Pikillacta he is able to break down the architecture into three basic elements which combine to form five basic structural types. McEwan also shows that this site was not used as a storage center as many had thought, but instead its main functions were residential and ceremonial. The site also seems to contain administrative centers, ceremonial sites, and an additional residential area for, perhaps, a military garrison or a corvee labor detachment. In some parts of the site access was controlled and in all parts of the site traffic circulation and navigation are still a bit of a mystery.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Topography and geology
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Ceramic technology
- Masonry
- Architecture
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- 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
- 1979 and 1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Middle Horizon; 1460 BP-1100 BP (Middle Horizon; 540 A.D.-900 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- site of Pikillacta; Lucre Basin, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gordon F. McEwan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-119)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89023354
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities--Peru