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Coastal ecosystems and economic strategies at Cerro Azul, Peru : the study of a late intermediate kingdom /

"Cerro Azul, a pre-Inca fishing community in the Kingdom of Huarco, Peru, stood at the interface between a rich marine ecosystem and an irrigated coastal plain. Under the direction of its noble families, Cerro Azul dried millions of fish for shipment to inland communities, from which it receive...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Marcus, Joyce (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2016.
Series:Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 59
Studies in Latin American ethnohistory & archaeology ; v. 12.
Subjects:
Cerro Azul Site (Peru)
Coastal archaeology > Peru > Cerro Azul Region.
Environmental archaeology > Peru > Cerro Azul Region.
Biotic communities > Peru > Cerro Azul Region > History > To 1500.
Coastal ecology > Peru > Cerro Azul Region > History > To 1500.
Plant remains (Archaeology) > Peru > Cerro Azul Region.
Animal remains (Archaeology) > Peru > Cerro Azul Region.
Indigenous peoples > Peru > Cerro Azul Region > Antiquities.
Indigenous peoples > Peru > Cerro Azul Region > Economic conditions.
Ethnoarchaeology > Peru > Cerro Azul Region.
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Biotic communities.
Coastal archaeology.
Coastal ecology.
Environmental archaeology.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Indians of South America > Antiquities.
Indians of South America > Economic conditions.
Plant remains (Archaeology)
Peru > Cerro Azul Site.
Archäobotanik.
Archäozoologie.
Ethnoarchäologie.
Küstengebiet.
Ökosystem.
Cerro Azul.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. An introduction to the Kingdom of Huarco and its ecosystems
  • The ecosystems of the Kingdom of Huarco / Joyce Marcus
  • Provenience and context of the plant and animal remains at Cerro Azul / Joyce Marcus
  • Part II. How Cerro Azul made use of trophic levels 2, 3, and 4
  • The collection of shellfish / Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus
  • The collection of crustaceans / Kent V. Flannery and Jeffrey D. Sommer
  • Crayfish trapping / Joyce Marcus and Ramiro Matos
  • The fish resources of Cerro Azul in the 1980s / Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus
  • Fishing strategies and fishing gear / Joyce Marcus
  • The drying of fish for export / Joyce Marcus
  • The archaeological fish remains from Cerro Azul / Jeffrey D. Sommer and Kent V. Flannery
  • The hunting of birds and mammals / Joyce Marcus
  • The bird life of Cañete and the avifauna of Cerro Azul / Joyce Marcus and Christopher P. Glew
  • The hunting of marine mammals / Christopher P. Glew and Kent V. Flannery
  • Part III. The use of plants at Cerro Azul
  • Edible, ritual, and medicinal plants / C. Earle Smith, Jr. and Joyce Marcus
  • Comments on the late Intermediate maize / C. Earle Smith, Jr. and Joyce Marcus
  • Phaseolus and erythrina from Cerro Azul / Lawrence Kaplan
  • Industrial plants / C. Earle Smith, Jr. and Joyce Marcus
  • Part IV. The domestic animals, their skeletal remains, and their by-products
  • Camelids and ch'arki at Cerro Azul / Christopher P. Glew and Kent V. Flannery
  • Domestic dogs / Kent V. Flannery and Christopher P. Glew
  • The raising of guinea pigs / Christopher P. Glew and Kent V. Flannery
  • Macrofossil and palynological analysis of the coprolites from Cerro Azul / John G. Jones
  • Part V. The interface of ecology and economy
  • The economy of the Kingdom of Huarco / Joyce Marcus
  • Appendix A: Artisanal fishing at Cerro Azul, 1984-86 / Khalid Kattan, Robert G. Reynolds, and Joyce Marcus.