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A Late Archaic Period Burial from the South-Central Andean Coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Karen Wise ,
Niki R. Clark  and
Sloan R. Williams
Karen Wise
Affiliation:
Anthropology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Niki R. Clark
Affiliation:
Jefferson County Historical Museum, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Sloan R. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Abstract

Recent excavations at the Late Archaic Period (ca. 3000-1000 B.C.) site of Kilometer 4 on the far south coast of Peru exposed a burial containing the remains of a 45-year-old male. The individual was buried with an unusual assemblage of artifacts that includes bone and shell implements and elaborate and distinctive cotton textiles, as well as a complex of paraphernalia of which some items were apparently associated with the use of hallucinogenic or other substances. Auditory exostoses indicate that the individual had engaged in maritime activities, including diving. Semi-flexed, single interment burials such as this are well known from the coast of northern Chile, but the use of cotton during the Archaic Period on the coast of the south-central Andes has not been well documented in the past.

Excavaciones recientes en el sitio Arcaico Tardío (3000-1000 A.C.) de Kilómetro 4, en la costa del extremo sur del Perú, han revelado una tumba de un varón de aproximadamente 45 años, de posición social especïal. El individuo fue enterrado con un complejo de artefactos, inclusos implementos de hueso y de piedra, tejidos de algodón, y un grupo de objetos associados con el uso de drogas alucinógenos. La presencia de exostoses auditivos indica que el individuo practicaba actividades marítimas, incluso el buceo. Enterramientos de individuos en posición semi-flectada han sido reportados en la costa norte de Chile, pero el uso de algodón durante la época arcaica en la costa de los Andes centro-sur no había sido bien documentado anteriormente.

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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 212 - 227
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1994

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