Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru

The Architecture and Pottery

by Joyce Marcus

Book cover: Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru

Extent: 360 pages

Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

Subjects: Archaeology of the Americas, Art & Art History

Series: Monographs

Series volume number: 62

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2008)

ISBN: 9781931745550

8.46 x 10.94 inches

Price: $19.95

In stock

Hardback (Published)

(May 2008)

ISBN: 9781931745567

8.46 x 10.94 inches

Price: $29.95

In stock

PDF (Published)

(December 2008)

ISBN: 9781938770180

Price: $19.95

Recipient of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize During the Late Intermediate period (AD 1100-1470), the lower Canete Valley of Peru was controlled by the walled Kingdom of Huarco. While inland sites produced irrigated crops, the seaside community of Cerro Azul, 130 km south of Lima, produced fish for the rest of the kingdom. Cerro Azul’s noble families lived in large, multipurpose compounds with tapia walls. Their pottery had its strongest ties with valleys to the south, such as Chincha and Ica. During the course of excavation, the University of Michigan Project excavated two tapia buildings in their entirety, saving every sherd from every room, walled work area, feature, and midden. This remarkable volume is the final site report on the architecture and pottery of Late Intermediate Cerro Azul.

  • By (author) Joyce Marcus