Pourquoi fouiller des dépôts funéraires pillés ? Deux exemples et quelques réponses de Keushu (Ancash, Pérou)

Gerdau-Radonić, Karina; Herrera, Alexander

doi:10.1007/s13219-010-0012-4

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“…Comparison with radiocarbon dates from Palpa (Unkel et al 2012) shows that the dating of the ceramic chronology holds true across the south coast area. This research also importantly shows that looted remains can be placed within a proper chronological framework, despite the disturbed contexts from which they come (Isla and Reindel 2008;Gerdau-Radonic and Herrera 2010) and thus these remains can be used as a source of direct evidence, e.g., stable isotope analyses of human remains about ancient diet, mobility, and social distinctions (Cadwallader 2013).…”

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Doubts about How the Middle Horizon Collapsed (ca. A.D. 1000) and Other Insights from the Looted Cemeteries of the Lower Ica Valley, South Coast of Peru

Cadwallader

Beresford‐Jones

Sturt

et al. 2018

Journal of Field Archaeology

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This paper presents new information from funerary contexts in the lower Ica Valley, on the south coast of Peru, spanning two millennia from the end of the Early Horizon to the Late Intermediate Period. Although severely looted, these sites can still yield valuable information. We discuss their architecture and material culture in the context of radiocarbon dates. Among other findings, these cast new light on the poorly understood transition from the Middle Horizon to the Late Intermediate Period, for which a paucity of archaeological data from ca. A.D. 1000-1250 has long been taken as evidence of an environmentally-or socially-induced demographic collapse. Yet the data we present here suggest that the basins of the lower Ica Valley were likely occupied continuously over this period, and that the echoes of Wari influence here may have lasted longer than previously thought.

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Doubts about How the Middle Horizon Collapsed (ca. A.D. 1000) and Other Insights from the Looted Cemeteries of the Lower Ica Valley, South Coast of Peru

Cadwallader

Beresford‐Jones

Sturt

et al. 2018

Journal of Field Archaeology

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“…Although in 1882 Peru was one of the first countries of the American continent to approve and adopt a legislation for the protection of cultural heritage, it was -and still is today -among the countries most affected by devastation of archaeological sites and landscapes (Batievsky & Velarde 2006). In the past, the phenomenon of the huaqueo -archaeological looting -was deeply based on a close relationship between huaqueros -who dug clandestinely for earning a living -and those who managed a rich and well-organized business with the connivance of museums, auction houses, and private collectors (Alva 2001;Gerdau-Radonic & Herrera 2010).…”

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Remote and Close Range Sensing for the Automatic Identification and Characterization of Archaeological Looting. The Case of Peru

Masini

Lasaponara

2021

Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology

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Looting is the major source of artefacts for the antiquities market. Specific measures are needed to fight the whole chain of the illicit activities undertaken by criminal organizations (from the excavation to the selling of the artefacts), and they should be devised for each phase of such illegal activities. The development and use of appropriate technologies for the identification of the most 'vulnerable' sites, and the timely detection and automatic quantification of the extension of the looted areas are crucial steps for setting up a monitoring system working also for remote and inaccessible archaeological areas, often in regions affected by armed conflicts or characterized by flight restrictions. In this context, Earth Observation (EO) technologies can provide reliable information: (i) to quantify the looting phenomenon even if it is on an 'industrial scale' over large areas, and (ii) to set up a systematic monitoring tool to trace the illicit trade in antiquities.

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“…This lack of scholarship stems in part from the belief that disturbed and fragmentary remains have lost most of their scientific value and that the fragmentary and isolated nature of the remains renders the establishment of differential diagnoses or demographic comparisons too challenging (Gerdau-Radonic and Herrera 2010; Toyne, Murphy, and Klaus 2020). While recent bioarchaeological studies of looted Prehispanic communal tombs have demonstrated that valuable data can be extracted from those commingled contexts (Bongers 2019;Gerdau-Radonic and Herrera 2010;Lane, Pomeroy, and Davila 2018;Velasco 2014Velasco , 2018, very few of them have focused exclusively on paleopathology (see Lowman, Harrod, and Turner 2018;McCool, Anderson, and Kennett 2021a;Nelson et al 2020;Titelbaum 2020;Titelbaum, Ibarra, and Naji 2015;Titelbaum, Ibarra, and McNeil 2019;Titelbaum et al 2021).…”

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Paleopathology of Commingled Remains: A Case Study from the Prehispanic Highlands of Peru

Serra

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Over the past 40 years, the field of Andean paleopathology has developed considerably, tackling broad research questions on the health and disease patterns of Prehispanic Andean populations while relying on ever evolving and improving theoretical and methodological research models. However, commingled skeletal assemblages recovered from collective tombs and looted contexts have rarely been at the center of these theoretical and methodological advancements in Andean paleopathology despite their widespread presence throughout the Prehispanic Andes. While recent studies have shown that these looted contexts can still produce valuable data, very few of them have focused on paleopathology and no such studies exist for the Cordillera Negra region of Peru. Therefore, this study represents the first systematic paleopathological analysis of a Prehispanic commingled skeletal assemblage from this region, dating to the Late Intermediate Period (1000 -1480 AD). In addition to providing new information regarding the types of diseases the people interred in those funerary structures suffered from (including degenerative joint diseases, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, trauma, developmental anomalies, and a probable case of a neoplasm), the present research demonstrates the potential and feasibility of undertaking rigorous paleopathological analyses of these challenging contexts. Indeed, the use of detailed excavation and laboratory methodologies, the integration of relevant taphonomical information, and the creation of an extensive relational database enabled reassociation of multiple bone elements based on bioarchaeological and paleopathological evidence, thus aiding in the elaboration of differential diagnoses and more generally in the interpretation of these commingled contexts. v identified skeletal collection .

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Pourquoi fouiller des dépôts funéraires pillés ? Deux exemples et quelques réponses de Keushu (Ancash, Pérou)

Cited by 12 publications

References 15 publications

Doubts about How the Middle Horizon Collapsed (ca. A.D. 1000) and Other Insights from the Looted Cemeteries of the Lower Ica Valley, South Coast of Peru

Doubts about How the Middle Horizon Collapsed (ca. A.D. 1000) and Other Insights from the Looted Cemeteries of the Lower Ica Valley, South Coast of Peru

Remote and Close Range Sensing for the Automatic Identification and Characterization of Archaeological Looting. The Case of Peru

Paleopathology of Commingled Remains: A Case Study from the Prehispanic Highlands of Peru

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