The Pottery Figurines of Pre-Columbian Peru: Volume II : The Figurines of the Central Coast

Description

This is the last volume of a comprehensive catalogue of Peruvian Pottery Figurines, from their first appearance around 3,500 BC to the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. The figurines are described in detail and classified by region, chronologically and set within the different cultures to which they belong. Volume I, The Figurines of the North Coast (BAR S1941), was published in 2009; Volume III, The Figurines of South Coast, the Highlands and the Selva (BAR S2441), in 2012. Blank Page Front Cover Title Page Copyright TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES LIST OF PLATES LIST OF CHRONOLOGICAL CHARTS LIST OF MAPS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE TO VOLUME II THE GEOGRAPHIC AND CHRONOLOGICAL FRAME CHAPTER 1: THE PRECERAMIC PERIOD ON THE CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER 2: THE EARLY AND MIDDLE FORMATIVE PERIOD ON THE CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER 3: THE EPIFORMATIVE (LATE FORMATIVE AND EARLY EIP) ON THE CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER 4: THE EARLY INTERMEDIATE PERIOD ON THE CENTRAL COAST: THE LIMA CULTURE AND ITS SUCCESSORS: NIEVERIA AND MARANGA CHAPTER 5: THE EARLY MIDDLE HORIZON ON THE CENTRAL COAST: EARLY MH GROUPS 1 AND 2 CHAPTER 6: THE TRANSITION FROM THE EARLY TO THE LATE MIDDLE HORIZON ON THE CENTRAL COAST: "TRANSITIONAL" EARLY-LATE MH FIGURINES GROUPS 1 AND 2 CHAPTER 7: THE LATE MIDDLE HORIZON ON THE CENTRAL COAST: "INNOVATIVE" FIGURINES GROUPS 1 TO 3 CHAPTER 8: THE LATE MH AND EARLY PART OF THE LIP IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR (NORTE CHICO) OF THE CENTRAL COAST: THE HUAURA FIGURINES AND UNAFFILIATED FIGURINES CHAPTER 9: FROM THE LATE MIDDLE HORIZON TO THE LATE HORIZON PART I: THE FIGURINES OF THE CHANCAY CULTURE AND UNAFFILIATED (CHANCAY-RELATED) FIGURINES CHAPTER 10: FROM THE LATE MIDDLE HORIZON TO THE LATE HORIZON PART II: THE FIGURINES OF THE YCHSMA CERAMIC STYLE CHAPTER 11: CENTRAL COAST FIGURINES OF THE LATE HORIZON – CULTURALLY UNASSIGNED CHAPTER 12: FIGURINES ON CERAMIC CRADLES, LITTERS AND "PALANQUINS" CHAPTER 13: CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 APPENDIX 3 BIBLIOGRAPHY EXPLANATIONS TO THE TABLES TABLES PLATES CHARTS MAPS