Life and death at Paloma : society and mortuary practices in a preceramic Peruvian village /

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Life and Death at Paloma, when published in 1989, was the first in-depth treatment of burials from a preagricultural South American village. It remains a valuable resource used by students and scholars of Andean archaeology. Jeffrey Quilter analyzes the life of Paloma's people during the transi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1989.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Funeral customs and rites > Peru.
Indians of South America > Peru > Antiquities.
Indians > Funeral customs and rites > Peru.
Peuples autochtones > Rites et cérémonies funéraires > Pérou.
Peuples autochtones > Pérou > Antiquités.
HISTORY.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Indians > Funeral customs and rites
Antiquities
Indians of South America > Antiquities
Indians of South America > Funeral customs and rites
Paloma Site (Peru)
Peru > Antiquities.
Pérou > Antiquités.
Paloma (Pérou : Site archéologique)
Peru
Peru > Paloma Site
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Life and Death at Paloma, when published in 1989, was the first in-depth treatment of burials from a preagricultural South American village. It remains a valuable resource used by students and scholars of Andean archaeology. Jeffrey Quilter analyzes the life of Paloma's people during the transition from a hunting-gathering-fishing way of life to a more sedentary horticultural society and offers a study of preceramic Peruvian life through his analysis of this site's graves and their contents.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 185 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.
ISBN:1587291983
9781587291982

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