The ancient Nasca world : new insights from science and archaeology /: new insights from science and archaeology. ([2016])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The ancient Nasca world : new insights from science and archaeology /: new insights from science and archaeology. ([2016])
- Main Title:
- The ancient Nasca world : new insights from science and archaeology
- 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 theThirty 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. … (more)
- 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.
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