It's about Time? Testing the Dawson Ceramic Seriation Using Luminescence Dating, Southern Nasca Region, Peru. Issue 4 (December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vaughn, Kevin J.; Eerkens, Jelmer W.; Lipo, Carl; Sakai, Sachiko; Schreiber, Katharina
• Is Part Of: Latin American antiquity. Volume 25:Issue 4(2014)
• Page Start: 449
• Page End: 461
• Publication Date: 2014-12
• Subjects: Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Indians of Central America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Indians of South America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; 918
• DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.25.4.449
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1045-6635

Abstract

Abstract : The Dawson seriation of Nasca ceramics has long been assumed to be an accurate marker of temporal changes in the prehispanic south coast of Peru. We test this assumption by directly dating a sample of sherds using Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL). Our results suggest that while some phases of the seriation are valid chronological markers, others appear to be the result of factors other than time. We discuss the implications of these results and call for additional studies of ceramics using luminescence dating