02954nam 22006013u 450 991077873130332120230331015204.01-58729-198-3(CKB)111004365703430(EBL)836716(OCoLC)45729767(SSID)ssj0000192030(PQKBManifestationID)11171283(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192030(PQKBWorkID)10204547(PQKB)10431686(MiAaPQ)EBC836716(EXLCZ)9911100436570343020131216d1989|||| u|| |engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLife and death at Paloma[electronic resource] society and mortuary practices in a preceramic Peruvian villageIowa City University of Iowa Press19891 online resource (204 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-87745-194-X Contents; Foreword, by Robert A. Benfer; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Climate, Chronology, and Culture in Early Peru; 2. The Site of Paloma; 3. The Archaeological Discoveries at Paloma; 4. Quantitative Analyses of the Paloma Burials; 5. Discussion of Faloma Mortuary Practices; 6. Paloma and Preceramic Cultural History and Processes; Appendix 1. Burial Illustrations and Data; Appendix 2. Supplementary Tables; References Cited; IndexLife and Death at Paloma, when published in 1989, was the first in-depth treatment of burials from a preagricultural South American village. It remains a valuable resource used by students and scholars of Andean archaeology. Jeffrey Quilter analyzes the life of Paloma's people during the transition from a hunting-gathering-fishing way of life to a more sedentary horticultural society and offers a study of preceramic Peruvian life through his analysis of this site's graves and their contents.Indians of South America -- Funeral customs and rites -- PeruIndians of South America -- Peru -- AntiquitiesPaloma Site (Peru)Peru -- AntiquitiesIndians of South AmericaFuneral customs and ritesPeruIndians of South AmericaPeruAntiquitiesPaloma Site (Peru)PeruAntiquitiesIndians of South America -- Funeral customs and rites -- Peru.Indians of South America -- Peru -- Antiquities.Paloma Site (Peru).Peru -- Antiquities.Indians of South AmericaFuneral customs and ritesIndians of South AmericaAntiquities.985Quilter Jeffrey898918AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910778731303321Life and death at Paloma3712249UNINA