Unveiling Pachacamac

New Hypotheses for an Old Andean Sanctuary

Giancarlo Marcone

• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780813069333
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780813070117
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

New data from the past 25 years of research at an important pre-Hispanic site

 

The sacred Andean site of Pachacamac, inhabited for over a thousand years before the Spanish Conquest, has an enduring presence in Peruvian history and plays a pivotal role in the formation of current views about religion and thought in the pre-Hispanic period. Unveiling Pachacamac is the first volume to synthesize the past quarter century’s abundance of new data and hypotheses on this important sanctuary.

Gathering contributions from an international array of leading researchers working at the site, this volume examines deep theoretical questions about social change, interregional interactions, the nature of religion, and issues of cultural continuity. It is also the first book to look at the site in relation with its territory and hinterland. As Pachacamac is widely considered an archetypal Andean shrine, used by researchers as a vital reference in comparative analyses of sanctuaries and religions in precapitalist societies, this volume will have a long-lasting impact on the field of archaeology.

Contributors: Andrea Gonzales Lombardi| Barbara Winsborough | Denise Pozzi-Escot | Enrique López – Hurtado | Giancarlo Marcone | Izumi Shimada | Katiusha Bernuy | Krzysztof Makowski | Lawrence S. Owens | Lucy Salazar | Peter Eeckhout | Rafael A. Segura | Richard Burger

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1. Pachacamac in the Development of Andean Archaeology
• 2. The Lurín Valley before Pachacamac
• 3. Pachacamac and Water: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Origins, Significance, and Resilience of Pachacamac
• 4. In the Pit of the Bi-Headed Serpent: Lurín and Pachacamac under the Lima Culture
• 5. Panquilma: A Rural Community under the “Shadow of Pachacamac”
• 6. The Architecture and Spatial Organization of Pachacamac in the Late Horizon
• 7. Pachacamac: Contributions to the Study of the North-South Street and the Main Temples
• 8. Why Pachacamac? When Pachacamac? Investigating Theories of Environmental, Culture History, and Late Horizon Triggers for the Development of the Ychsma Capital
• List of Contributors
• Index