The ancient Nasca world : new insights from science and archaeology /: new insights from science and archaeology. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rosa Lasaponara, Nicola Masini, Giuseppe Orefici, editors.
• Editors: Lasaponara, Rosa; Masini, Nicola, 1965-; Orefici, Giuseppe
• Contents: Thirty years of investigations in Nasca: from Proyecto Nasca to the ITACA mission / Giuseppe Orefici, Nicola Masini and Rosa Lasaponara -- The Nasca area and its environment / Giuseppe Orefici and Josué Lancho Rojas -- The geology of Cahuachi / Marco Delle Rose -- Nasca historical and cultural analysis / Giuseppe Orefici -- Anthropology and bio-cultural adaptation of the ancient Nasca inhabitants / Andrea Drusini -- The role of plants in the Nasca culture / Luigi Piacenza -- The Paracas-Nasca cultural sequence / Giuseppe Orefici -- Religion in Nasca culture / Giuseppe Orefici -- The functions and distribution of space in the urban and religious centers of the Río Nasca Valley / Giuseppe Orefici -- Petroglyphic images and the sacred valleys / Giuseppe Orefici -- Nasca geoglyphs: technical aspects and overview of studies and interpretations / Nicola Masini, Giuseppe Orefici and Josué Lancho Rojas -- Cahuachi and Pampa de Atarco: towards greater comprehension of Nasca geoglyphs / Nicola Masini, Giuseppe Orefici, Maria Danese, Antonio Pecci, Manuela Scavone and Rosa Lasaponara -- Puquios: the Nasca response to water shortage / Rosa Lasaponara, Josué Lancho Rojas and Nicola Masini -- The ceremonial center of Cahuachi: its origins and evolution / Giuseppe Orefici -- Cahuachi architecture / Giuseppe Orefici -- Recent discoveries in Cahuachi: the Templo Sur / Giuseppe Orefici -- Nasca Antaras and whistles: a musicological study -- Anna Gruszczynska-Ziólkowska -- Cahuachi and the Paracas peninsula: identifying Nasca textiles at the Necropolis of Wari Kayan / Mary Frame -- The decline of Cahuachi and the end of Nasca theocracy / Giuseppe Orefici -- Remote sensing and geophysics for the study of the human past in the Nasca drainage / Nicola Masini, Enzo Rizzo, Luigi Capozzoli, Giovanni Leucci, Antonio Pecci, Gerardo Romano, Maria Sileo and Rosa Lasaparona -- Satellite SAR remote sensing in Nasca / Francesca Cigna and Deodato Tapete -- Puquios: new insights from the integration of remote sensing, GIS-based analyses and geophysical investigations / Rosa Lasaponara, Gabriele Nolè, Enzo Rizzo, Luigi Capozzoli, Gerardo Romano, Maria Danese and Nicola Masini -- Geomatics applications in Cahuachi and Nasca territory / Gabriele Bitelli and Emanuele Mandanici -- The polychromy of Nasca pottery: a nondestructive analytical approach for compositional and mineralogical investigation of pigments / Lighea Pappalardo, Nicola Masini, Francesca Rizzo and Francesco Paolo Romano.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 670 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 300; Social sciences; Nazca culture -- Peru; HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America; Nazca culture; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Technology & Engineering -- Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Geology & the lithosphere; Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing; Physical geography & topography; Anthropology; Earth sciences; Archaeology; Geology; Physical geography; Anthropology; Social Science -- Archaeology; Archaeology; Peru; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319470528; 3319470523
• Related ISBNs: 9783319470504; 3319470507
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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