book chapter
The lake kingdoms of the Altiplano (A.D. 1100-1450)
Peoples and cultures of ancient Peru, [by] Luis G. Lumbreras ; Translated by Betty J. Meggers • Washington • Published In 1974 • Pages: 200-213, 237-244
By: Lumbreras, Luis Guillermo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents a brief description of the Aymara lake kingdoms located in the Andean region of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile. To facilitate the discussion of the archaeological information on these kingdoms, the author presents a succinct account of the cultures of the period, particularly the altiplano region, the Mollo and Churajón cultures, the coastal region, and eastern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. Most of the archaeological data contained in this document pertain to pottery types and their decoration.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Location
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- Classes
- Territorial hierarchy
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aymara Kingdoms
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- NotesAdditional notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74002104
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities