﻿Vol. 
  2] 
  ARCHEOLOGY 
  OF 
  CENTRAL 
  ANDES 
  — 
  BENNETT 
  125 
  

  

  The 
  Coastal 
  Middle 
  Periods 
  are 
  divisible 
  into 
  two 
  major 
  subperiods, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  numerous 
  minor 
  styles 
  and 
  local 
  variations. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  

   these 
  major 
  subperiods, 
  called 
  here 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-A, 
  bears 
  a 
  

   definite 
  relationship 
  to 
  Highland 
  Tiahuanaco 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  fairly 
  consist- 
  

   ent 
  spread 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  entire 
  Coast. 
  The 
  second 
  major 
  sub- 
  

   period, 
  here 
  called 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-B, 
  might 
  equally 
  well 
  be 
  

   named 
  the 
  Black-white-red 
  Geometric 
  style. 
  Unlike 
  the 
  first 
  sub- 
  

   period, 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-B 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  coastal 
  development 
  

   with 
  no 
  direct 
  relationship 
  to 
  Highland 
  Tiahuanaco. 
  In 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  places, 
  suclr^asjMoche, 
  Anc<5n,J,and 
  lea, 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-B 
  

   is 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-A 
  by 
  intervening 
  styles 
  or 
  

   periods. 
  Nonetheless, 
  ijecent 
  excavations 
  by 
  Willey 
  (Strong, 
  Willey, 
  

   and 
  Corbett, 
  1943) 
  reveal 
  an 
  unbroken 
  sequence 
  of 
  development. 
  

  

  The 
  over-all 
  picture 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  dominant 
  style, 
  definitely 
  related 
  to 
  

   Highland 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  which 
  spread 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  Coast 
  of 
  Peru. 
  

   From 
  the 
  beginning, 
  it 
  mixed 
  with 
  local 
  styles 
  and 
  tended 
  to 
  lose 
  its 
  

   unity. 
  Somewhat 
  later, 
  a 
  local 
  formulation 
  of 
  the 
  earlier 
  style, 
  

   characterized 
  by 
  Black-white-red 
  Geometric 
  design, 
  in 
  turn 
  spread 
  

   along 
  the 
  Coast 
  of 
  Peru. 
  Local 
  Middle 
  Period 
  styles 
  developed 
  or 
  

   intruded 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  Coast. 
  Some 
  are 
  contemporaneous 
  

   with 
  the 
  early, 
  or 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-A, 
  some 
  are 
  contemporaneous 
  

   with 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-B, 
  and 
  some 
  fall 
  in 
  between 
  the 
  two. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  these 
  local 
  styles 
  can 
  be 
  satisfactorily 
  placed. 
  Nazca-Y 
  (pis. 
  24, 
  

   bottom; 
  25, 
  d, 
  e, 
  g,) 
  and 
  lea 
  Epigonal 
  (pi. 
  44, 
  a, 
  b) 
  are 
  contemporaneous 
  

   with 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-A. 
  The 
  post-Epigone 
  style 
  at 
  Pachaca- 
  

   mac 
  and 
  Middle 
  Anc6n-II 
  fill 
  the 
  interval 
  between 
  A 
  and 
  B 
  (pi. 
  40, 
  a-c) 
  . 
  

   The 
  local 
  styles 
  found 
  at 
  Chanchan 
  and 
  the 
  Huaca 
  del 
  Sol 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  

   in 
  part 
  contemporaneous 
  with 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-A 
  and 
  in 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  

   intermediate 
  period. 
  

  

  Everywhere, 
  the 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco 
  represents 
  a 
  mixture, 
  both 
  

   with 
  earlier 
  Coastal 
  styles 
  and 
  with 
  outside 
  influences 
  from 
  such 
  

   areas 
  as 
  the 
  North 
  Highlands. 
  This 
  makes 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  

   characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  major 
  subperiods 
  exceedingly 
  difficult, 
  as 
  the 
  

   following 
  resumes 
  indicate. 
  

  

  COAST 
  TIAHUANACO-A 
  

  

  The 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-A 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  Tiahuanaco 
  and 
  

   the 
  Epigone 
  styles 
  at 
  Pachacamac 
  (pi. 
  39), 
  by 
  Middle 
  Ancon-I, 
  and 
  

   by 
  the 
  Pacheco 
  site 
  in 
  Nazca 
  Valley 
  (figs. 
  13, 
  14). 
  Although 
  not 
  as 
  

   clearly 
  isolated, 
  the 
  Epigonal 
  styles 
  at 
  lea, 
  Nieveria, 
  Supe, 
  and 
  Moche 
  

   can 
  also 
  be 
  included. 
  

  

  In 
  general, 
  Coast 
  Tiahuanaco-A 
  is 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  

   features: 
  (1) 
  Ceramics 
  with 
  the 
  basic 
  colors 
  of 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  on 
  a 
  

   red-slip 
  base. 
  (2) 
  Some 
  vessels 
  or 
  fragments 
  with 
  four 
  or 
  more 
  colors 
  

   on 
  a 
  red-slip 
  base. 
  (3) 
  Some 
  vessels 
  or 
  fragments 
  with 
  polychrome 
  

  

  