Chotuna and Chornancap : excavating an ancient Peruvian legend / Christopher B. Donnan.

Author/creator Donnan, Christopher B.
Format Book
Publication InfoLos Angeles : UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxii, 268 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru. --Lambayeque (Department).
Indians of South America--Peru. --Lambayeque (Department). --Folklore.
Indians of South America--Peru. --Lambayeque (Department). --Antiquities.
Chotuna-Chornancap Site (Peru)
Lambayeque (Peru : Department)--Antiquities.

SeriesUCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press monographs ; 70
Monograph (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA) ; 70. ^A566338
Contents Introduction. The legend of Naymlap ; Chotuna and Chornancap ; Chronology -- Chotuna. Huaca Mayor ; Artisans quadrangle ; Huaca Gloria ; Huaca Susy ; Walled enclosure -- Chornancap. Huaca Chornancap ; Courtyard with murals ; Site K -- Assessing the validity of the Naymlap legend -- Appendix 1. Ceramics / Christopher B. Donnan -- Appendix 2. Metallurgical activity : description, technical analysis and reconstruction / Bruce Owen -- Appendix 3. Human skeletal remains from Chotuna / John W. Verano -- Appendix 4. Textiles from Chotuna / Susan Brice -- Appendix 5. Colonial period beads / Christopher B. Donnan -- Appendix 6. Huaca Gloria friezes and the Chotuna-Dragón connection / Christopher B. Donnan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-261) and index.
Genre/formFolklore.
LCCN 2011030251
ISBN9781931745888 (hardcover)
ISBN1931745889 (hardcover)
ISBN9781931745895 (pbk.)
ISBN1931745897 (pbk.)
Standard identifier# 40020695963

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Joyner General Stacks F3429.1.L35 D66 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold