A Paracas offering in Cerro del Gentil, middle valley of Chincha

Authors

  • Henry Tantaleán Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
  • Alexis Rodríguez Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
  • Charles Stanish University of South Florida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v22i42.17482

Keywords:

Huaca, Paracas, Chincha, Offering, Ritual Entombment

Abstract

This paper describes the finding of an extraordinary offering deposited in the final layers of ritual entombment of the sunken patio of the main Paracas building in Cerro del Gentil, located in the mid-valley of Chincha, peruvian southern coast. Because to its excellent state of preservation and the high quality of the elements that constituting this offering, it allows us to delve into the ritual practices developed in the context of an activity of utmost importance to the users of the Cerro del Gentil building just prior to its abandonment during the III century before Christ.

Author Biography

  • Henry Tantaleán, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales

    Es licenciado en Arqueología por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Magíster y Doctor investigaciones sociales 422019 en Arqueología Prehistórica en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, España. Profesor principal del Departamento de Arqueología de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Se ha especializado en Teoría Arqueológica, la relación entre Arqueología y Política y la Formación del Estado Prehispánico. Es investigador asociado del Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos en Lima y del Instituto Cotsen de Arqueología de la University of California en Los Angeles (USA). Es Director Asociado en el Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment de la University of South Florida, USA y Co-Director del Programa Arqueológico Chincha, Perú. Ha publicado artículos científicos en diferentes revistas especializadas y libros como «Arqueología de la Formación del Estado: El Caso de la Cuenca Norte del Titicaca» (2008), «Ideología y Realidad en las Primeras Sociedades Sedentarias (1400 ANE-350 ANE) de la Cuenca Norte del Titicaca, Perú» (2010) y «Peruvian Archaeology: A Critical History» (2014).

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Published

2020-02-19

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 42 (2020)

Section

Artículos Originales

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Tantaleán, H., Rodríguez, A., & Stanish, C. (2020). A Paracas offering in Cerro del Gentil, middle valley of Chincha. Investigaciones Sociales, 22(42), 91-108. https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v22i42.17482