The Pottery Figurines of Pre-Columbian Peru: Volume I: The figurines of the North Coast

Description

Pre-Columbian pottery figurines from Peru occur in astonishingly large numbers in museum and private collections. However in the published literature they generally occupy a place of 'also ran'. The reason for this may be that—because of their scarcity in controlled excavations—their potential importance has been undervalued. The main purpose of this work therefore has been to fill this gap in the archaeological record by presenting a Corpus of Peruvian pottery figurines. This volume analyses material from the north coast of Peru and two subsequent volumes are planned to cover the central coast and the southern coast. For each geographic area the figurine groups are presented in chronological order. The periods covered are: The Preceramic Period; The Formative Period (subdivided into: The Lower or Early Formative, also known as Initial Period, The Middle Formative, incorporating the Early Horizon, The Epiformative, straddling Lumbreras's Upper Formative and the beginning of the Early Intermediate Period); The Early Intermediate Period; The Middle Horizon; The Late Intermediate Period; The Late Horizon or Inca Period. Each figurine is listed on a Table, containing all the relevant data (collection, site provenance, sex, measurements, surface colour, manufacturing technique, special features and reference to publications) and illustrated on a Plate. The analytical part lists the group characteristics and discusses special features, links with other groups, context, geographic distribution and chronology of each group or sub-group. Additional data are presented in four Appendices: Appendix 1: Gives details about specific museum collections (acquisition of figurines, reliability of given provenances, etc.). Appendix 2: Describes some of the sites, with the location of successive excavations, dating of features etc. Appendix 3: Lists and briefly describes all the recorded gravelots containing figurines. Appendix 4: Quotes references to idols found in the chroniclers. Front Cover Title Page Copyright TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES LIST OF PLATES LIST OF MAPS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND TO THE RESEARCH CHAPTER 2: THE GEOGRAPHIC AND CHRONOLOGICAL FRAME CHAPTER 3: THE LOWER FORMATIVE (OR INITIAL PERIOD) ON THE NORTH COAST CHAPTER 4: THE MIDDLE FORMATIVE (OR EARLY HORIZON) ON THE NORTH COAST CHAPTER 5: THE EPIFORMATIVE (I.E. LATE FORMATIVE AND EARLY EIP) ON THE NORTH COAST CHAPTER 6: THE EARLY INTERMEDIATE PERIOD ON THE NORTH COAST: THE MOCHE CULTURE CHAPTER 7: THE MIDDLE HORIZON AND THE TRANSITION TO THE LATE INTERMEDIATE PERIOD ON THE NORTH COAST CHAPTER 8: THE LATE INTERMEDIATE PERIOD ON THE NORTH COAST PART I: THE SICAN OR LAMBAYEQUE CULTURE CHAPTER 9: THE LATE INTERMEDIATE PERIOD AND THE LATE HORIZON ON THE NORTH COAST PART II: THE CHIMU CULTURE CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX 1: NOTES ON MUSEUM AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS APPENDIX 2: NOTES ON SOME NORTH COAST SITES APPENDIX 3: GRAVELOTS APPENDIX 4: THE TESTIMONY OF THE CHRONICLERS BIBLIOGRAPHY EXPLANATIONS TO THE TABLES TABLES PLATES CHARTS MAPS