New Technologies for Archaeology: Multidisciplinary Investigations in Palpa and Nasca, PeruMarkus Reindel, Günther A. Wagner Springer Science & Business Media, 2009 M02 7 - 512 pages This heavily-illustrated book covers recent developments in archaeometry and offers a multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing complex cultural histories. It also presents a detailed history of human development in South America’s Nasca region. |
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... Middle Archaic period ( approx . 4000 BC ) , respectively , had been studied . The same was true for later periods , the Middle Horizon ( 600–1000 AD ) , the Late Intermediate period ( 1000–1400 AD ) , and the Inka period ( 1400–1532 AD ) ...
... Middle Archaic period ( approx . 4000 BC ) , respectively , had been studied . The same was true for later periods , the Middle Horizon ( 600–1000 AD ) , the Late Intermediate period ( 1000–1400 AD ) , and the Inka period ( 1400–1532 AD ) ...
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... middle Nasca ( 260 - 430 A.D. ) Fig . 2.5 ( b ) ( Continued ) desert ( f ) early Nasca ( 60 - 260 A.D. ) desert ( h ) late Nasca ( 430 - 650 A.D. ) desert ( i ) Middle Horizon ( 650 - 1000. river oasis Pajonales open grasslandi semi ...
... middle Nasca ( 260 - 430 A.D. ) Fig . 2.5 ( b ) ( Continued ) desert ( f ) early Nasca ( 60 - 260 A.D. ) desert ( h ) late Nasca ( 430 - 650 A.D. ) desert ( i ) Middle Horizon ( 650 - 1000. river oasis Pajonales open grasslandi semi ...
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... Middle Horizon ( 650 - 1000 A.D. ) desert ( j ) Late Intermediate Period ( 1000-1400 A.D. ) ( k ) Inka / end of Late Intermediate Period ( 1400 - 1532 A.D. ) Fig . 2.5 ( c ) ( Continued ) ( 1 ) situation at present with Palpa 2.3.3 ...
... Middle Horizon ( 650 - 1000 A.D. ) desert ( j ) Late Intermediate Period ( 1000-1400 A.D. ) ( k ) Inka / end of Late Intermediate Period ( 1400 - 1532 A.D. ) Fig . 2.5 ( c ) ( Continued ) ( 1 ) situation at present with Palpa 2.3.3 ...
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... Middle Horizon of Andean archae- ology, the highland civilisations of Huari and Tiahuanaco evolved and the low- land river oases became too dry for humans (Fig. 1.2 of Chap. 1, this volume). An increase of rainfall and river discharge ...
... Middle Horizon of Andean archae- ology, the highland civilisations of Huari and Tiahuanaco evolved and the low- land river oases became too dry for humans (Fig. 1.2 of Chap. 1, this volume). An increase of rainfall and river discharge ...
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Contents
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7 | |
35 | |
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Beneath the Desert Soil Archaeological Prospecting | 49 |
Quantum Detection Meets Archaeology Magnetic Prospection | 70 |
Sediment Tomography | 86 |
Funerary Practices in Palpa Peru 119 | 118 |
Light Thrown on History The Dating of Stone Surfaces at | 271 |
Virtual Archaeology New Methods of ImageBased 3D Modeling | 287 |
Virtual Flight Over the Nasca Lines Automated Generation | 306 |
GISBased Spatial Analysis of the Nasca | 321 |
A Model Helicopter Over Pinchango Alto Comparison of Terrestrial | 339 |
Documentation and Interpretation | 359 |
Pottery Plotted by Laser 3D Acquisition for Documentation | 379 |
Gold in Southern Peru? Perspectives of Research into Mining | 392 |
Bioarchaeological Analysis of Individuals from Palpa | 141 |
Who Were the Nasca? Population Dynamics in PreColumbian | 159 |
Humans and Camelids in River Oases of the IcaPalpaNazca Region | 173 |
The Nasca and Their Dear Creatures Molecular Genetic Analysis | 193 |
A ContextBased Relative Chronology | 207 |
On the Development of a Chronology | 231 |
How Luminescence | 245 |
Tomasz H Gorka Bavarian State Department for Monuments and Sites | 399 |
Fingerprints in Gold | 409 |
Life at the Edge of the Desert Archaeological Reconstruction of | 438 |
References | 463 |
xiii | 489 |
Index | 505 |
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