Recent Excavations at Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke, a Complex Initial Period Site in Peru

Pozorski, Shelia; Pozorski, Thomas

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“…Both surficial geology and archaeological structures and cemeteries were recorded and a stratigraphic framework developed. Only a few of the archaeological structures have age estimates, based on either published information (Malpass, 1983;Pozorski and Pozorski, 1986;Pozorski and Pozorski, 1987;Tello, 1956;Wilson, 1998), or field collaboration with Tom and Shelia Pozorski (personal communication).…”

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Holocene coevolution of the physical landscape and human settlement in northern coastal Peru

Wells

Noller

1999

Geoarchaeology

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Humans are constrained by the hyperarid environment of the Peruvian Desert, which they have occupied throughout the Holocene Epoch. Habitats amenable to human occupation are limited to the riparian oases and the high-productivity coastal zone. Dramatic cultural and technological evolution was coincident with landscape evolution that responded to climatic and sea level variability. Occupation sites of hunter-gatherers older than 8,000 years are rarely found, as much of the landscape from this period is drowned and unexplored. Seven-thousand years ago, sea level stabilized and coastal middens of this age attest to exploitation of the now stationary marine resource. In response, rivers backfilled and the population became progressively more dependent upon terrestrial resources. The shift to an agricultural economy resulted in a migration of settlements inland along the river valleys. Extreme events (sea level stabilization, droughts, El Niñ o floods) have likely facilitated periods of rapid technological and cultural innovation. ᭧

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“…There have been a number of archaeological surveys of the Casma Valley, beginning with Tello (1956), followed by Fung Pineda and Leon (1977), Malpass (1983), Pozorski and Pozorski (1986, and most recently by Wilson (1998). A summary chronology is presented in Table V.…”

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Holocene coevolution of the physical landscape and human settlement in northern coastal Peru

Wells

Noller

1999

Geoarchaeology

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“…(Table 1; Pozorski and Pozorski 1990:21). We first thought the structure to be a possible kiln because of the quantity of pottery found in its horizontal ventilation trough (Pozorski and Pozorski 1986:395), but we have since reinterpreted it as a slightly more sophisticated version of the Huaynuna ventilated hearth structure. We first thought the structure to be a possible kiln because of the quantity of pottery found in its horizontal ventilation trough (Pozorski and Pozorski 1986:395), but we have since reinterpreted it as a slightly more sophisticated version of the Huaynuna ventilated hearth structure.…”

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Ventilated Hearth Structures in the Casma Valley, Peru

Pozorski¹,

Pozorski²

1996

Latin Am. antiq.

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. This content downloaded from 91.229.229.129 on Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:29:55 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Recent investigations in the Casma Valley on the north-central coast of Peru have uncovered a series of circular and rectangular/square structures, each containing a central hearth associated with either four subfloor ventilation shafts or a single open ventilation trough. The structures date to the Late Preceramic period (2500-1800 B.C.) and the Initial period (1800-900 B.C.). All are small and were originally roofed with perishable materials to hold in heat and smoke from the central hearth. It seems likely that these ventilated hearths represent a coastal variant of the Kotosh Religious Tradition that has been well documented in the Peruvian Highlands. The structures probably served as ritual chambers for small groups of people, somewhat analogous to the sweathouses of various Native American groups.Investigaciones recientes en el valle de Casma en la costa norte central del Peru' han revelado una serie de estructuras circulares y rectangulares/cuadradas, cada una con un fogo'n central asociado con cuatro huecos de ventilacio'n debajo del piso o una sola canaleta de ventilacion abierta. Las estructuras datan del periodo Precera'mico Tardfo (2500-1800 a. C. ) y el periodo Inicial (1800-900 a.C.). Todas son pequenas, y originalmente estaban techadas con materiales perecederos para contener el calor y humo del fogo'n central. Es muy probable que los fogones con huecos de ventilacio'n representan una variacion costena de la Tradicio'n Religiosa Kotosh que ha sido bien documentada en la sierra del Peru'. Las estructuras probablemente servfan como camaras rituales pa ra pequenos grupos de personas, algo pa recido a los banos de vapor de varios grupos indios norteamericanos.

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“…Although no new land was brought under cultivation in the Moche Valley during this time, stable isotopic analysis suggests that agricultural production increased dramatically as Guañape and Salinar individuals were characterized by significantly more negative d 13 C bone apatite values than Gallinazo individuals (À10.3, 10.0 and À7.1 respectively) (Gagnon, 2006;Lambert et al, n.d.). Paleoethnobotanical and zooarchaeological studies of north coast Guañape, Salinar and Gallinazo phase sites have identified maize but not CAM, amaranth or chenopodium remains (Pozorski & Pozorski, 1979;Pozorski, 1979;Bird & Bird, 1980;Pozorski, 1983;Pozorski & Pozorski, 1986), suggesting that shift in d 13 C bone apatite values was a result of an increase in maize consumption.…”

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Using General Estimating Equations to Analyze Oral Health in the Moche Valley of Perú

Gagnon

Wiesen

2011

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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This study introduces a new method for analyzing oral health indicators and thus reconstructing diet. To this end, we examined the dental remains of 173 individuals recovered from the site of Cerro Oreja in the Moche Valley of Perú, who lived during the Salinar (400-1 BC) or Gallinazo (AD 1-200) phases. The infectious and degenerative conditions analyzed include: dental caries, dental wear, dental abscess, antemortem tooth loss and dental calculus, all of which have been used to track dietary and thus subsistence-related economic and sociopolitical changes. Data were analyzed using generalized estimating equations, an extension of generalized linear models. Significant changes in the frequency of occurrence of most dental conditions suggest that during the period of study, there was an increase in the consumption of agricultural products. However, these changes in oral health did not equally affect females and males. By the end of the Gallinazo phase, significant sex differences developed, with females more often affected by dental caries and males displaying greater mean molar wear scores.

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Recent Excavations at Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke, a Complex Initial Period Site in Peru

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Holocene coevolution of the physical landscape and human settlement in northern coastal Peru

Holocene coevolution of the physical landscape and human settlement in northern coastal Peru

Ventilated Hearth Structures in the Casma Valley, Peru

Using General Estimating Equations to Analyze Oral Health in the Moche Valley of Perú

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