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Arquitectura, urbanismo y transformaciones territoriales del Período Paracas en el valle de Chincha
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Canziani, José
With questions still surrounding the indefinition of the Paracas social formation, we consider that analyses of architecture, ur-banism, and territorial transformations play a fundamental role in forming hypotheses and approaching an understanding of its possible characteristics. Unlike other valleys on the south coast, the Chincha valley sees consistent expressions of monumental architecture, urban organization and territorial transformations, which together acquire an exceptional character in the Paracas region. The special condition of the valley offers a unique setting that allows us to build crucial inferences about the level of economic and social development that this society could have reached.However, this picture contrasts with the limited progress of archaeological research conducted in the Chinca valley. This reality illuminates the paradox of a hole in archaeological knowledge right in the place that was an apparent nucleus for the social and cultural articulation of what we define as Paracas. In this article, I intend to a review and a critical discussion of the subject,from previously work on land management, urban planning, and Paracas architecture in the Chincha valley.
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Avances recientes en perspectiva. Algunos comentarios finales
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Kaulicke, Peter
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Disco Verde: 50 años después de Frédéric Engel: la primera temporada de excavaciones del Proyecto de Investigaciónes Arqueológicas Paracas en el sitio
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Dulanto, Jahl; Accinelli, Aldo
Discovered and excavated by Frédéric Engel, Disco Verde is a key site to reconstruct a sequence of early pottery styles of the Paracas zone, in particular, and the south coast, in general. In this article, we present the preliminary results of the Paracas Archaeological Project excavations at the site, especially in relation to the stratigraphy, chronometry and associated ceramic styles.
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Evidencias paracas en los valles de Pisco y Mala
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Balbuena Cotlear, Lucía
This article describes findings made in 2003 and 2010 by the Camisea Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Transport Systemarchaeological projects. The findings correspond to artifacts of indisputable Paracas affiliation, recovered from funerary contextsin the archaeological sites of Pariahuana 5 (Pico Valley) and Leon Dormido 3 (Mala Valley).
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Geoglifos paracas de la costa sur: Cerro Lechuza y Cerro Pico
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) García Soto, Rubén
Traditionally, the manufacture of large found drawings on desert plains and hill slopes of the Peruvian south coast was at-tributed to the Nasca society. However, since the 1980s, it is known that this cultural manifestation is a tradition that wouldhave begun towards the 750 BC during the early part of the development of the Paracas culture. Paracas geoglyphs have beenreported from Pisco to the Rio Grande Basin of Nasca, particularly in the area of Palpa where the where they have identifiedmany of these geoglyphs. In this paper, we present groups of figures at Cerro Lechuza, Paracas, and Cerro Pico, Ica Valley, whichs how stylistic features of several phases of Paracas.
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¿Hacia un urbanismo paracas en Ánimas Altas/Ánimas Bajas (valle de Ica)?
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Bachir Bacha, Aïcha; Llanos, Daniel
Since 2009, within the framework of the Ánimas Altas Archaeological Program in Ica, Peru — under the direction of the au-thors — systematic excavations have been carried out in the Ánimas Altas/Ánimas Bajas archaeological complex, the center ofthe Paracas culture in the lower Ica valley. To date, the project has documented public-ceremonial architecture as well as domesticand production areas. Additionally, excavations have revealed evidence of pyramidal complexes contiguous to plazas, one smallpyramid housing an elite tomb decorated with a mural frieze, and remnants of dwellings and storage areas.In this article, we attempt to understand the function that Ánimas had during its prehispanic occupation, using data from recent excavations at the site. Our analysis draws on a wide range of material culture categories to facilitate reflections on the concepts of ‘city’ and ‘territory’ in the Andes, enriching our understanding of the process of prehispanic urbanism, a widely debated concept among Andeanists. Thus, we explore the meaning of the stylistic and technological heterogeneity observde in some types of materialamong Andeanists. Thus, we explore the meaning of the stylistic and technological heterogeneity observde in some types of materia culture, positing the idea that this heterogeneity reflects social and territorial dynamics, rather than mere diachronic variation.
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Jauranga: una aproximación a la ocupación paracas en los valles de Palpa
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Reindel, Markus; Isla, Johny
The excavations in Jauranga revealed a sequence of archaeological contexts distributed over a stratigraphy with a depth of morethan three meters. Within this stratigraphy we found the remains of numerous adobe walls pertaining to structures of a settlement dating to the Middle and Late Paracas periods. Forty nine funerary contexts from different phases of the Paracas culture were embedded in the stratified layers and structural remains. Furthermore, we recorded 31 intrusive burials of the Nasca culture.The stratigraphic analysis of the structural remains in their relation to the associated artifacts and non-artifactual finds, the ty- pological analysis of the ceramic artifacts from the stratified layers and from the burial contexts, as well as numerous radiocarbon dates allowed us for the first time to establish a chronological ordering of the developmental phases of the Paracas culture based on stratigraphic contexts. The results of these analyses helped to confirm the validity of the results of the stylistic seriation of the Paracas ceramics from the Ica valley published by Menzel, Rowe and Dawson in 1964. Based on the stratigraphic evidence recorded in Jauranga, we discuss aspects of chronology, type and function of the site, as well as their implications for the local and regional archaeological contexts.
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Nuevas evidencias y nuevas perspectivas sobre la cultura Paracas: una introducción
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Dulanto, Jalh; Bachir Bacha, Aïcha
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Paracas en el valle de Chincha: nuevos datos y explicaciones
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Tantaleán, Henry; Stanish, Charles; Zegarra, Michiel; Pérez, Kelita; Nigra, Ben
This article summarizes and discusses the results of our recent archaeological research in the middle valley of Chincha duringthe Late Paracas period (circa 400 BC-100 BC). We present archaeological data (architecture, geoglyphs, ceramics, textiles, etc.)recovered from research on sites in the middle valley in the area including to Cerro del Gentil and the El Mono archaeologicalcomplex. These data, along with previous work by colleagues in the last two generations, allow us to propose new perspectives about development of social complexity in this southern Peruvian coastal valley.
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Paracas y Chavín: variaciones sobre un tema longevo
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Kaulicke, Peter
This paper focuses on matters of interpretation of early culture contact between northern cultures and coeval southern coastalevidence in a historical perspective starting with Tello. Due to problems related to terminology and methodology combined with incomplete presentation of the data recovered from excavation these interpretations are often contradictory and unsatisfying. Recent field work in the Río Grande de Nazca valley serves to discuss problems related to chronology, culture contact and the forming of new interaction spheres.
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Puerto Nuevo: redes de intercambio a larga distancia durante la primera mitad del primer mileno antes de nuestra era
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Dulanto, Jalh
In this article we present the results of the first season of excavations undertaken by the Paracas Archaeological Project at the Puerto Nuevo Archaeological Site. We focus on the stratigraphy and occupational history of the site, the radiocarbon dating ofthese occupations we have been able to identify this point, the pottery styles associated to these occupations, and the remains ofplants and animals consumed at the site. We finish with some ideas about the importance of our findings to the reconstructionof the long distance exchange networks of the first half of the first millennium B.C.E, and the role these networks played in the important political and economic changes that took place in the Central Andes during that time.
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La sustancia y el contexto de las ofrendas rituales de la cerámica paracas
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) DeLeonardis, Lisa
The Paracas (900 BC-AD 1) of south coastal Peru are widely recognized for ceramics bearing patterned designs created fromincised clay that was often post-fire painted. Analyses of containers, effigies, figurines and musical instruments recovered intactin tombs, have centered largely on temporal and iconographic concerns, and in evaluating prestige. A number of archaeologicalcontexts offer an alternative view of ceramics and their role in public and domestic spheres. In this paper, the role of ceramics inritual offerings is discussed and analyzed in tandem with the other forms and mediums they accompany. The contexts for theseofferings differ from those of funerary ritual in which whole vessels are placed with the dead. These analyses indicate that the endcycle of ceramics is diverse, that their substance is valued in whole and fragmentary form, and that their spatial orientation issignificant. Insights are offered into how ceramics as substances interact and complement other materials in offerings and howthis bears upon our interpretation of specific iconographies and design symbols and their respective meanings.
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Topará en Pisco: patrón de asentamiento y paisaje
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2013) Peters, Ann
The settlement pattern associated with the presence of the Topara ceramic tradition in the lower Pisco River watershed and ad-jacent coastal plain is analyzed based on fieldwork and mapping carried out between 1985 y 1987 and an update process asso-ciated with establishing geographic coordinates for the site of Chongos in 2013. Available data on Paracas tradition occupationsis compared with evidence for occupations and associated architecture in the Jahuay and Chongos phases, as well as Carmenoccupations, also associated with early Nasca. Site locations are related to the development and management of water-basedresources and communication routes, and to the processes of human modification of the landscape on the south central coast ofPeru. Re-analysis of mid-20th century aerial photographs and the fieldwork by Dwight Wallace is central to this study, alongwith amplification of the research topics and the physical areas he covered. Data on architectural patterns, evidence for associatedactivities, and artifact associations provide criteria for evaluating the relationship between the Pisco Valley occupations, those atthe Paracas site, and other contemporary occupations in the south coast region.