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A Formative-Period Painted Pottery Complex at Ancón, Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ramiro Matos Mendieta
Ramiro Matos Mendieta*
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional del Centro del PeruHuancayo, Peru
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Abstract

The well-known archaeological site at Ancon, Peru, represents the timespan from preceramic through the end of the Formative period. Recent investigations have permitted definition of five ceramic phases, of which Ancon C is of particular interest here because it marks the appearance of zoned and unzoned painted decoration. These techniques were added to the preexisting ceramic complex, characterized by limited frequency of decoration by incision. A burial equating with Ancon C contained a variety of grave goods, including a complete olla with zoned red decoration, covered with a basket and containing among other objects a wooden figurine with articulated arms. The estimated date is around 1200 B.C. These associations expand the definition of the cultural complex on the central Peruvian coast in the pre-Chavin period and raise questions about the origin and diffusion of the traits, which have also been reported from Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, and Mesoamerica.

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Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , April 1968 , pp. 226 - 232
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1968

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