(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.
(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.
(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.
