Andean Expressions: Art and Archaeology of the Recuay Culture

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(plates and pages of figures in italics; plate numbers are indicated with pl.) adobe, 54, 103, 168, 229 aesthetics, 6, 19, 253 agriculture, 21–28, 35, 38, 44, 57–58, 59– 61, 120; agro-pastoralism, 38, 43, 44, 121; crop rotation, 27; oral tradition, 186; rainy season, 27; scheduling, 122; upper limits of, 24, 25, 34–35, 60, 261. See also cereals, irrigation, legumes, tubers Aija: pottery, 129; region, 30, 42, 94, 166, 249, 256, 259, 261; reservoirs, 78; stone sculptures, 42, 161, 165, 169, 173, 183, 198; style, 129 Alca, 257 alcoholic drink, 156, 230, 239 algae, 25 aluvión landslides, 36, 125 amaru, 198, 209, 210, 212, 221, 235, 238 Amat, Hernan, 41, 50, 131, 132, 134–135, 142, 148, 279; pottery seriation, 148–149 Amazonia, 21, 26, 29, 122, 193 Ancash, 2, 18, 21–23, 26–32, 131, 174; agricultural potential, 27–28; altitude , 21–28; climate change, 33–35, 119–120; coastal, 22–23, 26, 30–31, 44–46; disasters, 35–36, 55, 125; economic practices, 21, 35; elevation, 27; environment, 18, 21–22; ethnohistory , 14, 32, 41, 44, 47, 56–61, 85, 90, 96, 124, 193, 195, 215–216; geographic boundaries, 21–22, 28–32, 123; land use, 21–28, 35, 37; life zones, 22, 22– 24, 25, 26; populations, 28; preservation , 54; rainfall, 7, 22–28, 33–35, 277; resources, 22–26, 64; seasonality, 27, 125; sierra, 24, 28, 29, 31, 130; size, 21; soils, 27; tectonism, 35; temperatures, 27, 33–36; transportation routes, 28, 30–31, 45, 123; water rights, 35 ancestors: ancestor cults, 20, 44, 49, 111, 124, 162, 185, 189, 231, 239; effigies, 124, 184–189, 199, 278; idol-making, 187–189; materiality, 162, 199; monuments , 55, 124, 186, 200; progenitors, 111, 114, 184, 189, 197–198; sculptural imagery, 167–168, 185; stone uprights, 85–86, 88, 185–189; symbolism, 114– 115; veneration, 20, 44, 49, 53, 54–55, 88, 90, 100, 110–113, 117, 157, 162, 185, 187, 222. See also lithomorphosis, mortuary practices, pacarinas Ancosh Punta, 41, 257 Andes: Andean Archaic pottery, 129; Central, 1, 11, 21, 25, 28, 38, 56, 65, 86, 111, 153, 180, 225, 239, 243; Northern, 24, 193, 226; páramo Andes, 24–25; puna Andes, 24–25; south-central, 33 animals, 122, 231–238; sheep, 24. See also specific animals Antajirca, 41, 169 anthropomorphs, 163, 168, 170, 171, 173, 197–198; body ornament, 198; clothing , 162, 170; genitalia, 198, 199; head characteristics, 198; headdresses, 198 Antúnez de Mayolo, Santiago, 50 architectural characteristics: access, 69, 72, 74, 87, 89; antechambers, 93–96, 113, 114; arclike rooms, 87; batter, 105; benches, 68, 87; burial compartments , 96, 97, 98; cantilevered, 99; columns, 100, 109; concentric walls, 70–73, 87; corbelling, 99; cornices, 109; courtyards, 70; doorways, 68, 69, 72, 73, 87, 89, 98, 100, 109, 112, 113; drainage canals, 69, 107; fencing, 103; index 326 l index floors, 103; gabled roofs, 99, 109; galleries , 72, 74, 97, 109, 114; jambs, 95, 99, 109, 115, 167, 175; lighting, 94, 113; lintels, 72, 90, 99, 109, 115, 162, 172, 175; masonry facing, 105; mud-based construction, 102–103; mud-plaster walls, 100, 106, 115; niches, 72, 94, 95, 96, 97, 107, 113; open interior spaces, 69, 70, 74, 109; ornament, 108, 109, 115; painted walls, 96, 100; patios, 68–70, 72, 90, 100; pavements, 89, 100, 103, 106–107; perimeter walls, 69, 74, 77, 79, 97, 101, 108, 112; pirca, 105; platforms, 68, 85, 88, 89, 101, 109; rafters, 103, 106; roofs, 99, 103, 104, 106, 109; slab doors, 96, 97, 113; slab roofs, 92, 93–95, 99, 106; staircases, 68, 69, 88, 89, 97, 106–107, 109, 167, 168; stringcourses, 106, 109, 228, 230; vestibules, 93 architectural forms: ceremonial enclosures , 88–91; chullpas, 98–102; circular , 70–73, 91; compounds, 69–75; corrals, 38, 46, 48, 60, 76–77, 90, 121; fortifications, 78–83; houses, 67–75; patio-groups, 72, 91; plazas, 88–91, 107, 155; quadrangular, 70–73, 89; room complexes/clusters, 68, 70, 74, 168; shrines, 85–87. See also subterranean tombs architecture, 18, 41; aesthetics, 105–106; experience of mortuary buildings, 114–115; functions, 102, 116–117, 122; monumental, 37, 40, 50, 69, 82–83, 88, 103, 116, 117, 123–124; pottery representations of, pl. 8, 107–110, 108, 122, 145, 148, 151, 195, 227, 228, 229–231; preservation of, 103; social boundaries, 75 art, 2, 5–7, 19, 127, 193; aesthetics, 6, 19, 253; agency, 6, 117, 187–188, 221, 239; corporate art...