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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Grieder, Terence,; Mendoza, Alberto Bueno,; Smith, C. Earle,
• MitwirkendeR: Bueno Mendoza, Alberto,; Grieder, Terence,; Malina, Robert M.,; Malina, Robert Ì.,; Smith, C. Earle,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)

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 co...

Table of Contents

• 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