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The Archaeology and Pottery of Nazca, Peru - Alfred Kroeber's 1926 Expedition (Hardcover, New)
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The Archaeology and Pottery of Nazca, Peru - Alfred Kroeber's 1926 Expedition (Hardcover, New)
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When Alfred Kroeber left Lima, Peru for the ruins of the Nazca
region in July 1926, he could have had no inkling of the importance
of what he would uncover. Nor would he have guessed that his
excavation report would not appear until the end of the century,
completed by Donald Collier and Patrick Carmichael after Kroeber's
death in 1960. Kroeber's report contains what is still the only
complete analysis and seriation of the beautiful painted pottery of
Nazca, complete with over 400 photographs and drawings of objects
uncovered in the excavations, some in full color. His report is
also notable for its rare discussion of Nazca architecture, its
description of cloth, hair bundles and other artifact groups, its
accurate analysis of Nazca human remains, and even for one of the
earliest descriptions and photographs of the famous Nazca lines.
With careful editing by Collier and Carmichael, Kroeber's work is
far ahead of its time methodologically and is still an important
source document for contemporary archaeology and art history of
South America. A final chapter by Katharina J. Schreiber puts
Kroeber's work in the context of contemporary Nazca studies,
including a reassessment of the sites discovered in the 1926
expedition. Important for both professional and avocational
anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians, and those
interested in the history of anthropology. Published in cooperation
with The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
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