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1 online resource (xiii, 670 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Thirty years of investigations in Nasca: from Proyecto Nasca to the ITACA mission / Giuseppe Orefici, Nicola Masini and Rosa Lasaponara -- The Nasca area and its environment / Giuseppe Orefici and Josué Lancho Rojas -- The geology of Cahuachi / Marco Delle Rose -- Nasca historical and cultural analysis / Giuseppe Orefici -- Anthropology and bio-cultural adaptation of the ancient Nasca inhabitants / Andrea Drusini -- The role of plants in the Nasca culture / Luigi Piacenza -- The Paracas-Nasca cultural sequence / Giuseppe Orefici -- Religion in Nasca culture / Giuseppe Orefici -- The functions and distribution of space in the urban and religious centers of the Río Nasca Valley / Giuseppe Orefici -- Petroglyphic images and the sacred valleys / Giuseppe Orefici -- Nasca geoglyphs: technical aspects and overview of studies and interpretations / Nicola Masini, Giuseppe Orefici and Josué Lancho Rojas -- Cahuachi and Pampa de Atarco: towards greater comprehension of Nasca geoglyphs / Nicola Masini, Giuseppe Orefici, Maria Danese, Antonio Pecci, Manuela Scavone and Rosa Lasaponara -- Puquios: the Nasca response to water shortage / Rosa Lasaponara, Josué Lancho Rojas and Nicola Masini -- The ceremonial center of Cahuachi: its origins and evolution / Giuseppe Orefici -- Cahuachi architecture / Giuseppe Orefici -- Recent discoveries in Cahuachi: the Templo Sur / Giuseppe Orefici -- Nasca Antaras and whistles: a musicological study -- Anna Gruszczynska-Ziólkowska -- Cahuachi and the Paracas peninsula: identifying Nasca textiles at the Necropolis of Wari Kayan / Mary Frame -- The decline of Cahuachi and the end of Nasca theocracy / Giuseppe Orefici -- Remote sensing and geophysics for the study of the human past in the Nasca drainage / Nicola Masini, Enzo Rizzo, Luigi Capozzoli, Giovanni Leucci, Antonio Pecci, Gerardo Romano, Maria Sileo and Rosa Lasaparona -- Satellite SAR remote sensing in Nasca / Francesca Cigna and Deodato Tapete -- Puquios: new insights from the integration of remote sensing, GIS-based analyses and geophysical investigations / Rosa Lasaponara, Gabriele Nolè, Enzo Rizzo, Luigi Capozzoli, Gerardo Romano, Maria Danese and Nicola Masini -- Geomatics applications in Cahuachi and Nasca territory / Gabriele Bitelli and Emanuele Mandanici -- The polychromy of Nasca pottery: a nondestructive analytical approach for compositional and mineralogical investigation of pigments / Lighea Pappalardo, Nicola Masini, Francesca Rizzo and Francesco Paolo Romano |
| Summary |
This book presents outstanding chapter contributions on the Nasca culture in a variety of artistic expressions such as architecture, geoglyphs, ceramics, music, and textiles. The approach, based on the integration of science with archaeology and anthropology, sheds new light on the Nasca civilization. In particular the multidisciplinary character of the contributions and earth observation technologies provide new information on geoglyphs, the monumental ceremonial architecture of Cahuachi, and the adaptation strategies in the Nasca desert by means of sophisticated and effective aqueduct systems. Finally, archaeological looting and vandalism are covered. This book will be of interest to students, archaeologists, historians, scholars of Andean civilizations, scientists in physical anthropology, remote sensing, geophysics, and cultural heritage management |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Nazca culture -- Peru
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Nazca culture -- Research
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru.
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Geology & the lithosphere.
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Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing.
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Physical geography & topography.
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Anthropology.
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Earth sciences.
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Archaeology.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Antiquities
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Nazca culture
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| SUBJECT |
Peru -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100187
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Peru
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lasaponara, Rosa, editor.
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Masini, Nicola, 1965- editor.
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Orefici, Giuseppe, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783319470528 |
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3319470523 |
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