Early settlement and subsistence in the Casma Valley, Peru [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778731503321
• Autore: Pozorski Shelia
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 1987
• ISBN: 1-58729-194-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): PozorskiThomas
• Disciplina: 985.21; 985/.21
• Soggetti: Casma River Valley (Peru) -- Antiquities; Indians of South America -- Peru -- Casma River Valley -- Antiquities; Indians of South America -- Peru -- Casma River Valley -- Economic conditions; Indians of South America - Antiquities - Casma River Valley - Peru; Indians of South America - Economic conditions - Casma River Valley - Peru; Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology; Latin America; Casma River Valley (Peru) Antiquities; Peru Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Environmental Setting; Project Objectives; 2. Casma Valley Sites Excavated in 1980; Methodology; Huaynuná; Las Haldas; Preceramic Las Haldas; Early Initial Period Las Haldas; Las Haldas Initial Period Mound Complex; Early Horizon Las Haldas; Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke; Tortugas; San Diego; Pampa Rosario; 3. Early Sites Surveyed within the Casma Valley; Sechin Alto; Taukachi-Konkan; Sechin Bajo; Cerro Sechin; Sechin Alto Complex; Huerequeque; Pallka; Huaca Desvio; La Cantina; Chankillo; 4. The Prehistory of the Casma Valley and Its Impact on Studies of Early Andean PrehistoryPrevious Sequences for Casma Valley Prehistory; A Revised Sequence of Events in Casma Valley Prehistory; Summary and ; Conclusions; References Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Casma Valley of Peru's north central coast contains the largest New World structure of its time period---2500 to 200 BC---as well as one of the densest concentrations of early sites. In this detailed and thought-provoking volume, Sheila and Thomas Pozorski date each major early site, assess this important valley's diet and subsistence changes through time, and begin to reconstruct the development of Casma Valley society.Fifteen sites are surveyed, including Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke, the earliest planned city in the New World. The Pozorskis then synthesize their own fieldwork and previous