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Author:

Chav©Ưn. English

Title:

Chav©Ưn : Peru's enigmatic temple in the Andes / Peter Fux (ed.) ; with essays by Walter Alva [and thirteen others].

Publisher:

Scheidegger & Spiess :

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

405 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm

Subject:

Chav©Ưn culture--Exhibitions.
Indian art--Chav©Ưn de Huantar--Chav©Ưn de Huantar--Exhibitions.
Indian architecture--Chav©Ưn de Huantar--Chav©Ưn de Huantar--Exhibitions.
Indian pottery--Chav©Ưn de Huantar--Chav©Ưn de Huantar--Exhibitions.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Chav©Ưn de Huantar--Chav©Ưn de Huantar--Exhibitions.
Chav©Ưn de Huantar (Peru)--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
Museum Rietberg--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

Fux, Peter, 1976-, editor.
Alva, Walter, contributor.
Museum Rietberg.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Museum Rietberg, November 23, 2012-March 10, 2013. Translation of: Chav©Ưn : Perus geheimnisvoller Anden-Tempel. 2012. Translations from German into English, Tradukas GbR (Chaps. 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 4.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2 having been translated from Spanish into German by Peter Fux). Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

The Peter Fux ; Catharina Dohrn -- Acknowledgements / Albert Lutz -- 1. Introduction. The Archaeology in the highlands : innovation and dynamism. Peter Fux ; What is Chav©Ưn? / Peter Fux -- 2. Archaeology of the coastal desert : riverine oases, agriculture, and ritual cohesion. Introduction / Peter Fux ; The first settlers and societies / Tom D. Dillehay ; Early cultural developments in the southern Andes / Markus Reindel, Johny Isla ; Formative period ceremonial centers in the northern and central coastal regions / Yoshio Onuki ; The cultural history of the Lambayeque region on the north coast of Peru during the formative period / Ignacio Alva Meneses ; Early monumentalism in the central Andes : the origins of monumental architecture in the Casma Valley / Peter R. Fuchs, Renate Patzschke -- 3. Archaeology in the highlands : innovation and dynamism. Introduction / Peter Fux ; The
Ecuadorian formative period / Christian Mes©Ưa Montenegro ; The diversity and vitality of early ceremonial centers in the northern highlands / Yoshio Onuki -- 4. Chav©Ưn de Hu©Łntar : discovery, art, architecture, ritual, and transformation. Introduction / Peter Fux ; The discovery of the temple and early attempts at interpretation / Christian Mes©Ưa Montenegro ; The art of Chav©Ưn : precursors and early development / Henning BIschof ; Architecture and ritual space at Chav©Ưn de Hu©Łntar / John W. Rick ; Religion and authority at Chav©Ưn de Hu©Łntar / John W. Rick ; Religious rituals in Chav©Ưn and their supraregional significance / Luis Guillermo Lumbreras -- 5. Inspiration from afar : periphery and legacy of formative period innovations. Introduction / Peter Fux ; The Ecuadorian formative period / Christian Mes©Ưa Montenegro ; The
Paracas and Moche : periphery and legacy of formative period innovations. Johny Isla -- The legacy of the formative period : Nasca / Markus Reindel, Johny Isla -- Notes -- Catalogue. Handcrafted objects from the early, middle, and late formative periods ; The graves of Kuntur Wasi ; The sculptures of Chav©Ưn de Hu©Łntar ; The pututus (conch-shell trumpets) of Chav©Ưn ; The finds from the Ofrendas Gallery ; Paracas and Moche : periphery and legacy of formative period innovations.

ISBN:

3858817317
9783858817310

OCLC:

(OCoLC)834407719

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)