The burials of Cerro Azul, Peru /
"This volume reports on the salvage excavations that Dr. Joyce Marcus directed after she discovered scattered human remains on the surface of the site of Cerro Azul in Peru. These remains were from a partially looted cemetery dating to AD 1000 to 1470. During the excavations, she found the buri...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor, Michigan :
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology,
2023.
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| Series: | Studies in Latin American ethnohistory & archaeology ;
v. 13. Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 65. |
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| Summary: | "This volume reports on the salvage excavations that Dr. Joyce Marcus directed after she discovered scattered human remains on the surface of the site of Cerro Azul in Peru. These remains were from a partially looted cemetery dating to AD 1000 to 1470. During the excavations, she found the burials of men, women, and children. Some of the women were associated with belt looms, woolen bags, workbaskets filled with cotton and wool yarn balls, needles in needle cases, barcoded spindles, and decorated spindle whorls. Some of the men were buried with fishing nets, slings, bolas, metal tweezers, and breechclouts. Some of the children were associated with miniature vessels, gourd bowls with food, and bracelets and necklaces consisting of seeds strung on cords. The two previous volumes Marcus published on the site of Cerro Azul reported on the architecture, pottery, and coastal ecosystems of the site"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 376 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-362) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781951538750 1951538757 |