Perspectives on early Andean civilization in Peru : interaction, authority, and socioeconomic organization during the first and second millennia BC / edited by Richard L. Burger, Lucy C. Salazar,Yuji Seki.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index. Papers presented at a session entitled "La Complejidad Social del Periodo Formativo en los Andes Centrales," that took place as part of the 54th International Congress of Americanists, held in Vienna, Austria, from 15-20 July 2012; and three contributions that were not presented at the session.
Contents:
Wealth in people: an alternative persepective on Initial period monumental architecture from the Caballo Muerto Complex / Jason Nesbitt -- Early settlement and cultural landscape in the Tembladera area of the middle Jequetepeque Valley / Eisei Tsurumi -- Intraregional competition and interregional reciprocity: Formative social organization on the north-central coast / Koichiro Shibata -- New insights into the architecture and organization of Cardal / Richard L. Burger and Lucy C. Salazar -- The problem with Anchucaya: site formation processes at Initial period and Early Horizon sites in the Central Andes / Christopher Milan -- Socioeconomic transformations at the ceremonial center of Kuntur Wasi: raw materials, craft production, and leadership / Kinya Inokuchi, Isabelle Druc -- A shift in the use of animals in the northern highlands Formative period: climate change or social adaptation? / Kazuhiro Uzawa -- Emergence of power during the Formative period at the Pacopampa Site / Yuji Seki, Diana Aleman Paredes, Mauro Ordoñez Livia, and Daniel Morales Chocano -- Monumental architecture, stars, and mounds at the Temple of Pacopampa: the rising azimuth of the Pleiades and changing concepts of landscape / Masato Sakai, Shinpei Shibata, and Toshihiro Takasaki, Juan Pablo Villanueva, Yuji Seki -- Diachronic changes in sociopolitical developments and interregional interaction in the Early Horizon eastern montane forest / Ryan Clasby -- South of Chavin: Initial period and Early Horizon interregional interactions between the Central Highlands and south coast / Yuichi Matsumoto -- Changing interpretations of early Central Andean civilization / Richard L. Burger.
Summary:
"This Yale University Publications in Anthropology volume presents investigations of Peruvian archaeological sites, focusing on early developments in coastal, highland, and cloud forest environments. The contributors provide new perspectives on early Andean civilization by exploring patterns of interaction, authority, and socioeconomic organization during the first and second millennia B.C. in the Central Andes of Peru. Large-scale subjects such as architecture, organization, technology, and ideology are examined, in addition to fine-grained topics including animal bones, pottery style and technology, site orientation, and religious iconography." -- Publisher's website.
Series:
Yale University publications in anthropology, 1535-7082 ; number 94
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.