Wari Women from Huarmey : bioarchaeological interpretation of human remains from the Wari Elite Mausoleum at Castillo de Huarmey, Peru /

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Excavations at the Castillo de Huarmey archaeological site brought to light the first intact burial of female high-elite members of the Wari culture. It was found beneath a large adobe mausoleum, a landmark and focal point of the lower Huarmey Valley. Abundant grave goods, among which were precious...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wieckowski, Wieslaw
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Archaeopress, [2019]
Series:Archaeopress Pre-Columbian archaeology ; 11.
Subjects:
Huari Indians > Antiquities.
Huari Indians > Funeral customs and rites.
Women > Peru > Ancash > Social conditions.
Mausoleums > Peru > Ancash.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Peru > Ancash.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Peru > Ancash.
Huari > Rites et cérémonies funéraires.
Femmes > Pérou > Ancash > Conditions sociales.
Mausolées > Pérou > Ancash.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Pérou > Ancash.
Restes humains (Archéologie) > Pérou > Ancash.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Huari Indians > Antiquities
Human remains (Archaeology)
Mausoleums
Women > Social conditions
Peru > Ancash
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Site and the excavations
  • A brief introduction to Wari
  • Archaeological context
  • State of preservation and taphonomic issues
  • Results of bioarchaeological analyses and their interpretation
  • Funerary rite reconstruction based on bioarchaeological research
  • Who were the women of Castillo

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