Overview

Huaca Prieta-one the world's best-known, yet least understood, early maritime mound sites-and other Preceramic sites on the north coast of Peru bear witness to the beginnings of civilization in the Americas. Across more than fourteen millennia of human occupation, the coalescence of maritime, agricultural, and pastoral economies in the north coast settlements set in motion long-term biological and cultural transformations that led to increased social complexity and food production, and later the emergence of preindustrial states and urbanism. These developments make Huaca Prieta a site of global importance in world archaeology. This landmark volume presents the findings of a major archaeological investigation carried out at Huaca Prieta, the nearby mound Paredones, and several Preceramic domestic sites in the lower Chicama Valley between 2006 and 2013 by an interdisciplinary team of more than fifty international specialists. The book's contributors report on and analyze the extensive material records from the sites, including data on the architecture and spatial patterns; floral, faunal, and lithic remains; textiles; basketry; and more. Using this rich data, they build new models of the social, economic, and ontological practices of these early peoples, who appear to have favored cooperation and living in harmony with the environment over the accumulation of power and the development of ruling elites. This discovery adds a crucial new dimension to our understanding of emergent social complexity, cosmology, and religion in the Neolithic period.

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Author:   Tom D. Dillehay
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   2.214kg
ISBN:  

9781477311493

ISBN 10:   1477311491
Pages:   832
Publication Date:   01 August 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Chapter 1. Relevance (Tom D. Dillehay) Chapter 2. Foundational Understandings (Tom D. Dillehay) Chapter 3. Research Design (Tom D. Dillehay) Chapter 4. The Environmental Setting, Past and Present (Patricia J. Netherly and Tom D. Dillehay) Chapter 5. Holocene Geology and Paleoenvironmental History of the Lower Chicama Valley (Steven L. Goodbred Jr., Rachel Beavins, Michael Ramirez, Mario Pino, Andre Oliveira Sawakuchi, Claudio Latorre, Tom D. Dillehay, and Duccio Bonavia) Chapter 6. Cultural Phases and Radiocarbon Chronology (Tom D. Dillehay and Duccio Bonavia) Chapter 7. Site Data and Patterns (Tom D. Dillehay, Duccio Bonavia, Gabino Rodriguez, Gerson Levi-Lazzarus, Daniel Fernandes Moreira, Marilaura Lopez Solis, Paige Silcox, and Kristin Benson) Chapter 8. Bioarchaeology of the Huaca Prieta Remains (Anne R. Titelbaum and John W. Verano) Chapter 9. Faunal Remains (Victor F. Vasquez, Teresa Rosales Tham, Patricia J. Netherly, and Tom D. Dillehay) Chapter 10. Plant Remains (Duccio Bonavia, Victor F. Vasquez, Teresa Rosales Tham, Patricia J. Netherly, Tom D. Dillehay, and Kristin Benson) Chapter 11. Nontextile and Nonbasketry Material Culture (Tom D. Dillehay and Duccio Bonavia) Chapter 12. Twined and Woven Artifacts Part 1: Textiles (Jeffrey Splitstoser) Part 2: Basketry and Cordage from Huaca Prieta (Jeff Illingworth and J. M. Adovasio) Chapter 13. Outlying Domestic House Mound Sites (Greg Maggard and Tom D. Dillehay) Chapter 14. Continuity, Change, and the Construction of the Early Sangamon Society (Tom D. Dillehay) Chapter 15. Beyond Matter to Foundations and Representations (Tom D. Dillehay) Appendices 1. Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Chronology at Huaca Prieta (Mario Pino) 2. Charcoal Analysis (Isabel Rey) 3. Marine Shell Analysis for Seasonality (Teresa C. Franco) 4. Chili Pepper Distribution and Use (Katherine L. Chiou, Christine A. Hastorf, Victor F. Vasquez, Teresa Rosales Tham, Duccio Bonavia, and Tom D. Dillehay) 5. Maize Analysis (Duccio Bonavia and Alexander Grobman) 6. Dietary Ecology, Stable Isotope, and Dental Microwear Texture Analysis (Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Tom D. Dillehay, Steven L. Goodbred Jr., and Robert S. Feranec) 7. Phytolith Analysis (Jose Iriarte and Jennifer Watling) 8. Sand and Salt Samples from Huaca Prieta (Mario Pino) 9. Starch Grains (Dolores R. Piperno, Timothy Messner, and Irene Holst) 10. Human Skeletal Remains from Various Excavations (Anne R. Titelbaum and John W. Verano) 11. Pigment Analysis (Jeff Illingworth, Jack Williams, and Michelle L. Farley) 12. Pollen Analysis (Linda Scott Cummings) 13. Fish Otoliths from Huaca Prieta (Elise Dufour, Olivier Trombret, and Philippe Bearez) 14. Semele corrugata Microstructure and Oxygen Isotope Profiles as Indicators of Seasonality (Jeixin Wei, C. Fred T. Andrus, and Alberto Perez-Huerta) 15. Geophysical Prospection at Huaca Prieta and Paredones (Phil Mink) 16. Preliminary Use-Wear Study of Stone Tools (Tom D. Dillehay) 17. Estimating Haplogroup Affiliation through Ancient mtDNA Analysis from the Huaca Prieta Burials (Tiffiny A. Tung, Jessica Blair, Marshal Summar, Raul Tito, and Cecil Lewis) 18. Soil Chemistry Analysis (Anonymous) 19. SEM-XRF Analysis of Green Stone (Steven L. Goodbred Jr. and Tom D. Dillehay) References List of Contributors Index

Reviews

"""This volume is a foundational landmark, and can be used to teach students both at undergraduate and graduate levels to provide guidance for how to conduct and publish future archaeological research."" * Antiquity * ""The contributors to this engrossing book reveal the ancient Andeans' culinary habits, artistic practices, and social organization at what Dillehay labels 'one of the most complex prepottery' coastal sites ever discovered."" * Foreign Affairs, Best Books of 2018 *"

This volume is a foundational landmark, and can be used to teach students both at undergraduate and graduate levels to provide guidance for how to conduct and publish future archaeological research. --Antiquity (08/01/2018)

""This volume is a foundational landmark, and can be used to teach students both at undergraduate and graduate levels to provide guidance for how to conduct and publish future archaeological research."" * Antiquity * ""The contributors to this engrossing book reveal the ancient Andeans' culinary habits, artistic practices, and social organization at what Dillehay labels 'one of the most complex prepottery' coastal sites ever discovered."" * Foreign Affairs, Best Books of 2018 *

This volume is a foundational landmark, and can be used to teach students both at undergraduate and graduate levels to provide guidance for how to conduct and publish future archaeological research. * Antiquity *

Author Information

TOM D. DILLEHAY is the Rebecca Webb Wilson University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Religion, and Culture and Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of twenty books, including The Settlement of the Americas: A New Prehistory.

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