Identification and significance of the cucurbit materials from Huaca Prieta, Peru

Title Variants

Alternative: Cucurbit materials from Peru

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1426

By

Whitaker, Thomas W. (Thomas Wallace), 1904-1993
Institute of Andean Research (New York, N.Y.)
Viru Valley Project 1946-1947

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, American Museum of Natural History, [1949]

Notes

Title from caption.

"September 13, 1949."

"This field work was a part of the Andean Insitute-ViruМЃ Valley survey ... 1946-1947."

"Materials ... were recovered at a site known locally as the Huaca Prieta on the coast line of the Chicama Valley, Peru, at about latitude 8В° S."

Contents: The archaeological background. Utilization of gourds. Containers. Fish-net floats. Discs. Scoops or ladles. Decorative techniques. Repair of broken gourds. Material associated with early ceramics / Junius B. Bird -- Botanical identification and significance / Thomas W. Whitaker.

Subjects

57.2(8)2 , Andes , Antiquities , Cucurbita , Gourds , Huaca Prieta Site (Peru) , Indians of South America , Lagenaria siceraria , Material culture , Peru , Viru River Valley , Viru River Valley (Peru)

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1426, 1949

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31838807