Pre-Ceramic Art From Huaca Prieta, Chicama Valley

Bird, Junius B.

doi:10.1179/naw.1963.1.1.002

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“…No architecture was identified, except for stone walls in the east-west and north-south trenches (31). In test pit 1 (Figs.…”

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“…1 and 2)-formed by the accumulation of material deposited over millennia of occupation (27)(28)(29)(30)(31)-that is currently part of the El Brujo archaeological complex. As part of the multidisciplinary Virú Valley Project, Bird had set out to document the earliest evidence of sedentary life in the region during the Preceramic period and selected Huaca Prieta as a field site because of the excellent preservation of the remains (31,32). He excavated trenches, test pits, and several house features on and immediately outside the mound (Figs.…”

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“…4 and 5) revealed the presence of a layer of consolidated cobbles, beach gravel, and mud silt, possibly left by a large tidal wave that hit the site during the late Initial Period or Early Horizon (1200-200 BC) (31,33). The tidal wave damaged exposed structures and buried the lower slopes of the mound under a sterile deposit up to 1 m thick (34).…”

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“…In this area, the team uncovered seven salt-hardened clay-lined cavities, as well as two large ceramic jars (figures 13 and 14 of ref. 31). The clay-lined cavities (Fig.…”

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“…Species identified in the EIP levels included peanuts (Arachis hypogaea), pacay (Inga feuillei) and algarroba (Acacia sp.) pods, avocados (Persea americana), and maize (Zea mays) (31). Some maize cobs were shipped to the AMNH (although part of the collection is now at Harvard University and at the Missouri Botanical Garden), where they were subjected to botanical analyses (30,(48)(49)(50).…”

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Statecraft and expansionary dynamics: A Virú outpost at Huaca Prieta, Chicama Valley, Peru

Millaire

Prieto

Surette

et al. 2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Interpolity interaction and regional control were central features of all early state societies, taking the form of trade-embedded in political processes to varying degrees-or interregional conquest strategies meant to expand the polity's control or influence over neighboring territories. Cross-cultural analyses of early statecraft suggest that territorial expansion was an integral part of the process of primary state formation, closely associated with the delegation of authority to subordinate administrators and the construction of core outposts of the state in foreign territories. We report here on a potential case of a core outpost, associated with the early Virú state, at the site of Huaca Prieta in the Chicama Valley, located 75 km north of the Virú state heartland on the north coast of Peru. This site is discussed in the context of other possible Virú outposts in the Moche Valley, Pampa La Cruz, and Huaca Las Estrellas, and as part of a broader reflection on expansionary dynamics and statecraft.archaic states | territorial expansion | core outposts R esearch carried out over the past decades suggests that territorial expansion and consolidation often played a key role in the crystallization of early states (1-18). Drawing from historical case studies from Madagascar, Wright noted that statecraft generally takes place in contexts of conflict and expansionary dynamics in landscapes that often featured closely spaced and competing centers and that this process is usually marked by many successes and failures before enduring states emerge (18). Viewed as a process rather than as an evolutionary breakthrough, research into statecraft has contributed to the anthropological study of early civilization by documenting the varied historically contingent trajectories ancient polities followed as they developed more complex systems of political organization.In his work on the expansionary dynamics of primary state formations, Algaze (1) stressed the important role played by core outposts in early statecraft. Such outposts were founded at crucial nodes along trade routes, near resources concentrations, or amid strategically located native polities in control of existing corridors of communication and trade and functioned as centers attracting information, services, population, and resources from the surrounding regions. Reviewing archaeological evidence from different regions around the world, Algaze found that outposts often represented the culmination of earlier patterns of interregional exchange that had by then intensified and become formalized, that, for their own political ends, local elites were often initially amenable to granting such access to foreign powers, and that transportational constraints "meant that the most efficient way to channel regular exchanges between such contrastive polities was precisely by means of isolated core outposts embedded within distant peripheries" (ref. 1, pp. 319-320).To Algaze, core outposts were therefore important "instruments of expansion" founded on the asymmetrical relatio...

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“…No architecture was identified, except for stone walls in the east-west and north-south trenches (31). In test pit 1 (Figs.…”

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“…In this area, the team uncovered seven salt-hardened clay-lined cavities, as well as two large ceramic jars (figures 13 and 14 of ref. 31). The clay-lined cavities (Fig.…”

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Statecraft and expansionary dynamics: A Virú outpost at Huaca Prieta, Chicama Valley, Peru

Millaire

Prieto

Surette

et al. 2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Andean colors: A colorimetric registration in pre‐Columbian textiles from Northern Chile

Guardia

Cárdenas

Brugnoli

et al. 2019

Color Research & Application

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This article shows the colorimetric data obtained from pre‐Columbian northern Chilean textiles and their subsequent analysis for the construction of a color chart. As part of a more extensive study investigating the fundamental pillars of the textile language associated with pre‐Columbian weaves, a registration of colorimetric data was carried out on 42 textile pieces with a total of 203 colors mostly provided by the Chilean Museum of Pre‐Columbian Art. The results are presented in terms of CIELAB coordinates. The colors obtained showed a considerable percentage of reds and browns. The recorded values can contribute to the preservation of cultural heritage and the esthetics of current Chilean identity as they can be used in new industries, contexts, and applications. Subsequently, the colorimetric data obtained could be transferred to other color systems, so that users from different sectors might have access to this cultural legacy, understanding the limitations of color production in mixed media.

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The Pre-Columbian distribution of the bottle gourd (Lagenaria sicerarid): A Re-evaluation

Richardson

1972

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Pre-Ceramic Art From Huaca Prieta, Chicama Valley

Cited by 16 publications

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Statecraft and expansionary dynamics: A Virú outpost at Huaca Prieta, Chicama Valley, Peru

Statecraft and expansionary dynamics: A Virú outpost at Huaca Prieta, Chicama Valley, Peru

Andean colors: A colorimetric registration in pre‐Columbian textiles from Northern Chile

The Pre-Columbian distribution of the bottle gourd (Lagenaria sicerarid): A Re-evaluation

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