book chapter
The Chanka 'confederation'
peoples and cultures of ancient Peru • Washington • Published In 1974 • Pages: 198-200
By: Lumbreras, Luis Guillermo, Meggers, Betty J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lumbreras gives a brief overview of the Chanka, Coras, and Mantaro cultures which could be found in the Pampas Basin, the Mantaro basin and the area inbetween. He describes their settlement patterns, arts and crafts (mostly the ceramics), and some of their burial practices.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Andean Regional States
- 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
- book chapter
- 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 ; 2002
- 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
- Late Intermediate period
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chanka, Coras, and Mantaro; Ayacucho and Cuzco region; Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Luis G. Lumbreras. Translated by Betty J. Meggers
- Translation of:[De los pueblos, las culturas y las artes del antiguo Peru]
- The original Spanish text is not included
- For bibliographical references see 9: Lumbreras
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74002104
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities