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The Formative Site of Las Haldas, Peru: Architecture, Chronology, and Economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Tsugio Matsuzawa  and
Izumi Shimada
Tsugio Matsuzawa
Affiliation:
Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute, Center for Archaeological Operations, Sakicho, Nara City, Japan 630
Izumi Shimada
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540
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Abstract

In 1958 and 1969 the Tokyo University expeditions excavated the Formative site of Las Haldas on the Peruvian coast as part of their multiyear investigation into the developmental processes of Andean civilization. The site, known for a temple complex consisting of 6 terraces and a circular sunken court, provides comparative data for the key highland Formative site of Kotosh. The results of the 1969 excavation refuted the earlier view that the temple complex was preceramic. The large quantity of organic refuse, the architectural build-up, and the radiocarbon dates suggest long, continuous occupation based on maritime economy. Las Haldas was a key component of a pan-Andean exchange system, which cross-cut major ecological zones, and must be considered in conjunction with agricultural populations in the nearby Casma Valley and farther inland.

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American Antiquity , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , October 1978 , pp. 652 - 673
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1978

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