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La Galgada, Peru : A Preceramic Culture in Transition / Terence Grieder, Robert M. Malina, C. Earle Smith, Alberto Bueno Mendoza.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1988Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)Content type:
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Geography of the Tablachaca Canyon -- 3. The History of La Galgada Architecture -- 4. Radiocarbon Measurements -- 5. Burial Patterns and Offerings -- 6. Skeletal Materials from La Galgada -- 7. Floral Remains -- 8. Fiber Arts -- 9. Petroglyphs -- 10. Ceramics -- 11. La Galgada in the World of Its Time -- 12. Art as Communication at La Galgada -- APPENDIX A. Description of Skeletal Material by Tomb -- APPENDIX B. Catalog of Tomb Contents -- APPENDIX C. La Galgada Textile Specimens -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Excavations over many years in the Peruvian Andes and coastal regions have revealed that the village settlements on the west coast of South America were one of the early centers of world civilization. One of these settlements, La Galgada, flourished from 3000 B.C. to 1700 B.C. Its extraordinarily complete cultural remains help to reconstruct a picture of human life, health, activities, and trade relations as they were 4,000 years ago and allow us to enter the mental and artistic life of this early civilization. The location of La Galgada on Peru’s Tablachaca River midway between the highlands and the coast caused it to be influenced by the culture of both those regions. The remains found at La Galgada tie together important textile collections from the coastal region with important architectural remains from the Andean highland to give a picture of a complete preceramic culture in ancient Peru. Numerous illustrations provide an exciting visual catalog of the finds at La Galgada. What also makes La Galgada such a significant site are the changes in art and architecture that can be documented in considerable detail from about 2500 B.C. to about 1700 B.C. During that period, La Galgada and the other preceramic communities in northern Peru were transformed with a rapidity that must have seemed shocking and revolutionary to their inhabitants. These changes record the first appearance of the powerful and intimidating Chavín culture that was to dominate the region for the next thousand years. They also allow us to watch a people change and adapt as they try to cope with the powerful pressure of technical and social development in their region.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Geography of the Tablachaca Canyon -- 3. The History of La Galgada Architecture -- 4. Radiocarbon Measurements -- 5. Burial Patterns and Offerings -- 6. Skeletal Materials from La Galgada -- 7. Floral Remains -- 8. Fiber Arts -- 9. Petroglyphs -- 10. Ceramics -- 11. La Galgada in the World of Its Time -- 12. Art as Communication at La Galgada -- APPENDIX A. Description of Skeletal Material by Tomb -- APPENDIX B. Catalog of Tomb Contents -- APPENDIX C. La Galgada Textile Specimens -- Bibliography -- Index

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Excavations over many years in the Peruvian Andes and coastal regions have revealed that the village settlements on the west coast of South America were one of the early centers of world civilization. One of these settlements, La Galgada, flourished from 3000 B.C. to 1700 B.C. Its extraordinarily complete cultural remains help to reconstruct a picture of human life, health, activities, and trade relations as they were 4,000 years ago and allow us to enter the mental and artistic life of this early civilization. The location of La Galgada on Peru’s Tablachaca River midway between the highlands and the coast caused it to be influenced by the culture of both those regions. The remains found at La Galgada tie together important textile collections from the coastal region with important architectural remains from the Andean highland to give a picture of a complete preceramic culture in ancient Peru. Numerous illustrations provide an exciting visual catalog of the finds at La Galgada. What also makes La Galgada such a significant site are the changes in art and architecture that can be documented in considerable detail from about 2500 B.C. to about 1700 B.C. During that period, La Galgada and the other preceramic communities in northern Peru were transformed with a rapidity that must have seemed shocking and revolutionary to their inhabitants. These changes record the first appearance of the powerful and intimidating Chavín culture that was to dominate the region for the next thousand years. They also allow us to watch a people change and adapt as they try to cope with the powerful pressure of technical and social development in their region.

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