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Author: Helaine Silverman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 0470692669
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis well-illustrated, concise text will serve as a benchmark study of the Nasca people and culture for years to come.
Author: Rosa Lasaponara
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-01-20
Total Pages: 673
ISBN-13: 3319470523
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents outstanding chapter contributions on the Nasca culture in a variety of artistic expressions such as architecture, geoglyphs, ceramics, music, and textiles. The approach, based on the integration of science with archaeology and anthropology, sheds new light on the Nasca civilization. In particular the multidisciplinary character of the contributions and earth observation technologies provide new information on geoglyphs, the monumental ceremonial architecture of Cahuachi, and the adaptation strategies in the Nasca desert by means of sophisticated and effective aqueduct systems. Finally, archaeological looting and vandalism are covered. This book will be of interest to students, archaeologists, historians, scholars of Andean civilizations, scientists in physical anthropology, remote sensing, geophysics, and cultural heritage management.
Author: Christina A. Conlee
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780813062020
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the site La Tiza, the longest continuously occupied site in the Wari Empire, and therefore provides invaluable insights into the rise and fall of the Wari state.
Author: Donald A. Proulx
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2009-08
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781587298295
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor almost eight hundred years (100 BC–AD 650) Nasca artists modeled and painted the plants, animals, birds, and fish of their homeland on Peru’s south coast as well as numerous abstract anthropomorphic creatures whose form and meaning are sometimes incomprehensible today. In this first book-length treatment of Nasca ceramic iconography to appear in English, drawing upon an archive of more than eight thousand Nasca vessels from over 150 public and private collections, Donald Proulx systematically describes the major artistic motifs of this stunning polychrome pottery, interprets the major themes displayed on this pottery, and then uses these descriptions and his stimulating interpretations to analyze Nasca society. After beginning with an overview of Nasca culture and an explanation of the style and chronology of Nasca pottery, Proulx moves to the heart of his book: a detailed classification and description of the entire range of supernatural and secular themes in Nasca iconography along with a fresh and distinctive interpretation of these themes. Linking the pots and their iconography to the archaeologically known Nasca society, he ends with a thorough and accessible examination of this ancient culture viewed through the lens of ceramic iconography. Although these static images can never be fully understood, by animating their themes and meanings Proulx reconstructs the lifeways of this complex society.
Author: Anthony F. Aveni
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780292704961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA FASCINATING OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE LEADING EXPERT AND HIS COLLEAGUES CURRENTLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE GIANT GROUND DRAWINGS OF ANCIENT NASCA, PERU.
Author: Tony Morrison
Publisher: Nonesuch Expeditions Limited
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 164
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn account of the history of research on the Nazca Lines, and of Maria Reiche, who has devoted forty-five years to their study.
Author: Conlee, Christina A
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2016-09-20
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0813052564
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInhabited for over 5,000 years before European colonization, the site of La Tiza in Peru’s Nasca Desert provides an unprecedented opportunity to examine the dynamics of ancient complex societies. This volume takes a long temporal perspective on La Tiza from the Preceramic through the Inca era, studying the site within the context of broader developments such as the rise of Nasca culture, subsequent conquest by the Wari Empire, collapse, abandonment, and the reformation of a new society. Christina Conlee synthesizes data she obtained while directing a multi-year excavation at the site with data from other investigations to reconstruct the development of social complexity over time. She includes detailed descriptions of the stratigraphy and artifacts, carefully separating materials from each period. Exploring how political integration, religious practices, economics, and the environment shaped societal transformations at La Tiza, Conlee offers patterns that can be found in other areas and can be used to understand the development of other long-lasting civilizations.
Author: Johan Reinhard
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Helaine Silverman
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780877458166
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCD-ROM contains: Tables -- Spreadsheets -- Maps -- Supplemental texts -- Site descriptions.
Author: Kevin J. Vaughn
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780816527069
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough ancient civilizations in the Andes are rich in historyÑwith expansive empires, skilled artisans, and vast temple centersÑthe history of the Andean foothills on the south coast of present-day Peru is only now being unveiled. Nasca, a prehispanic society that flourished there from AD 1 to 750, is best known for its polychrome pottery, its enigmatic geoglyphs (the "Nasca Lines"), and its ceremonial center, Cahuachi, which was the seat of power in early Nasca. However, despite the fact that archaeologists have studied Nasca civilization for more than a century, until now they have not pieced together the daily lives of Nasca residents. With this book, Kevin Vaughn offers the first portrait of village life in this ancient Andean society. Vaughn is interested in how societies develop and change, in particular their subsistence and political economies, interactions between elites and commoners, and the ritual activities of everyday life. By focusing on one village, Marcaya, he not only illuminates the lives and relationships of its people but he also contributes to an understanding of the more general roles played by villages in the growth of increasingly complex societies in the Andes. By examining agency in local affairs, he is able for the first time to explore the nature of power in Nasca and how it may have changed over time. By studying village and household activities, Vaughn argues, we can begin to appreciate from the ground up such essential activities as production, consumption, and the ideologies revealed by ritualsÑand thereby gain fresh insights into ancient civilizations.
