Overview
During the pre-Hispanic period, the northern coast of Peru saw the development of numerous societies, such as those of the Virú-Gallinazo and Mochica populations that coexisted during the first millennium of our era. In this region, the morpho-stylistic analysis of ceramics allowed to constitute the chronological sequence commonly accepted, which makes the Virú-Gallinazo and Mochica populations two rival and contemporary societies. However, little is known about their relationship. The research presented here documents the Virú-Gallinazo and Mochica pottery traditions to understand both their origins, filiations, and contacts. This work consisted of studying the modes of manufacture of archaeological ceramics discovered at more than nine sites in the region, preserved at the Ministry of Culture of Peru and various Peruvian, French and American museums. Following the principles of ceramic technology, an innovative methodology for the Central Andes, the traces of manufacture visible on the potteries were studied to define the different steps of the operative chain. This research indicates that these populations had their own technical traditions, and therefore their potters were not anchored in the same learning networks. However, we demonstrate that these populations maintained frequent contacts by exchanging their ceramics, or by moving from one region to another to produce them. These results raise the importance of shifting the focus on ceramic material from a more classical stylistic approach to consider it from the point of view of their production, in order to restore the link between the ceramics, their producers, and the societies to which they belong.
Full Product Details
Author: Alicia Espinosa (Postdoctoral Researcher, ArchAm (UMR 8096 CNRS))
Publisher: Archaeopress
Imprint: Archaeopress Access Archaeology
Weight: 1.526kg
ISBN: 9781803273976
ISBN 10: 1803273976
Pages: 472
Publication Date: 06 April 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: Spanish
Author Information
Alicia Espinosa is a postdoctoral researcher at ArchAm (UMR 8096 CNRS). She obtained her doctorate in archaeology in 2020 from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, and held the position of temporary professor in Andean archaeology there between 2019 and 2021. Her research focuses on pre-Hispanic ceramic technologies from the north coast of Peru, leading her to collaborate with numerous research projects, universities and museums in Peru, North America and Europe.
