The Ancient Nasca World: New Insights from Science and Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9783319470504 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 670 str.

Rosa Lasaponara; Nicola Masini; Giuseppe Orefici

Opis

Presenting contributions on the Nasca culture in artistic expressions such as architecture, geoglyphs, ceramics, music, and textiles, this book bases its approach on the integration of science with archaeology and anthropology to shed new light on the Nasca civilization. Among the topics covered archaeological looting and vandalism.

Recenzje

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2017

"This important book is a massive English summary of the work re-creating 10,000 years of human habitation of the Nasca area ... . This volume must be on the shelves of every archaeologist working in Peru and in every research library covering the origins of pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas. Each chapter is illustrated with polychrome photos and supported by its own bibliography. Summing Up: Essential. All academic levels/libraries." (D. L. Browman, Choice, Vol. 54 (12), August, 2017)

Spis treści

From the contents: The Nasca Project.- Geography and Environment.- Geological setting.- Historical-Cultural Analysis.- Physical anthropologic analysis of the ancient Nasca populations.- The contribution of Satellite Remote Sensing in the Nasca region.- The contribution of archaeo-geophysics in Nasca Project.

Blurb

This book presents outstanding chapter contributions on the Nasca culture in a variety of artistic expressions such as architecture, geoglyphs, ceramics, music, and textiles.

The approach, based on the integration of science with archaeology and anthropology, sheds new light on the Nasca civilization. In particular the multidisciplinary character of the contributions and earth observation technologies provide new information on geoglyphs, the monumental ceremonial architecture of Cahuachi, and the adaptation strategies in the Nasca desert by means of sophisticated and effective aqueduct systems. Finally, archaeological looting and vandalism are covered.

This book will be of interest to students, archaeologists, historians, scholars of Andean civilizations, scientists in physical anthropology, remote sensing, geophysics, and cultural heritage management.