The ancient Nasca world : new insights from science and archaeology
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Lasaponara, Rosa
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Masini, Nicola, 1965- , [HerausgeberIn] Orefici, Giuseppe , [HerausgeberIn] |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer International Publishing AG,
[2016].
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xiii, 670 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm. |
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Publisher description Table of contents only |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. Thirty years of investigations in Nasca : from Proyecto Nasca to the ITACA Mission / Giuseppe Orefici, Nicola Masini and Rosa Lasaponara
- 2. The Nasca area and its environment / Giuseppe Orefici and Josué Lancho Rojas
- 3. The geology of Cahuachi / Marco Delle Rose
- 4. Nasca historical and cultural analysis / Giuseppe Orefici
- 5. Anthropology and bio-cultural adaptation of the ancient Nasca inhabitants / Andrea Drusini
- 6. The role of plants in the Nasca culture / Luigi Piacenza
- 7. The Paracas-Nasca cultural sequence / Giuseppe Orefici
- 8. Religion in Nasca culture / Giuseppe Orefici
- 9. The functions and distribution of space in the urban and religious centers of the Río Nasca Valley / Giuseppe Orefici
- 10. Petroglyphic images and the sacred valleys / Giuseppe Orefici
- 11. Nasca geoglyphs : technical aspects and overview of studies and interpretations / Nicola Masini, Giuseppe Orefici and Josué Lancho Rojas
- 12. Cahuachi and Pampa de Atarco : towards greater comprehension of Nasca geoglyphs / Nicola Masini, Giuseppe Orefici, Maria Danese, Antonio Pecci, Manuela Scavone and Rosa Lasaponara
- 13. Puquios : the Nasca response to water shortage / Rosa Lasaponara, Josué Lancho Rojas and Nicola Masini
- 14. The ceremonial center of Cahuachi : its origins and evolution / Giuseppe Orefici
- 15. Cahuachi architecture / Giuseppe Orefici
- 16. Recent discoveries in Cahuachi : the Templo Sur / Giuseppe Orefici
- 17. Nasca antaras and whistles : a musicological study / Anna Gruszczyńska-Ziółkowska
- 18. Cahuachi and the Paracas Peninsula : identifying Nasca textiles at the necropolis of Wari Kayan / Mary Frame
- 19. The decline of Cahuachi and the end of the Nasca theocracy / Giuseppe Orefici
- 20. 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 Lasaponara
- 21. Satellite SAR remote sensing in Nasca / Francesca Cigna and Deodato Tapete
- 22. 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
- 23. Geomatics applications in Cahuachi and Nasca territory / Gabriele Bitelli and Emanuele Mandanici
- 24. 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
- 25. Combating illegal excavations in Cahuachi : ancient problems and modern technologies / Rosa Lasaponara and Nicola Masini
- 26. Nasca lines : space tracking of vandalism / Nicola Masini, Maria Danese, Antonio Pecci, Manuela Scavone and Rosa Lasaponara.
