Cahuachi in the Ancient Nasca World.
Ever since its scientific discovery, the great Nasca site of Cahuachi on the south coast of the Central Andes has captured the attention of archaeologists, art historians, and the general public. Until Helaine Silverman's fieldwork, however, ancient Nasca culture was seen as an archaeological c...
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- A Note on Orthography; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE The Physical Setting; CHAPTER TWO A History of Fieldwork in the Nazca Region; CHAPTER THREE Nasca Chronology; CHAPTER FOUR Strong's Fieldwork at Cahuachi: Chronology and Culture; CHAPTER FIVE Surface Survey of Cahuachi; CHAPTER SIX Architecture and Spatial Organization at Cahuachi; CHAPTER SEVEN Looters and Looting; CHAPTER EIGHT Excavation Strategy and Methodology; CHAPTER NINE Excavations in an Open Area; CHAPTER TEN Excavation at Unit F; CHAPTER ELEVEN Test Pits; CHAPTER TWELVE Excavation of Mound Architecture.