Katharina J Schreiber
Biographic Data
| ID | 114284 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharina J Schreiber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharina J |
| FAMILY NAME | Schreiber |
| SIGNATURE | SCHREIBER K J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 456 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
New World States and Empires: Politics, Religion, and Urbanism
New World States and Empires: Economic and Social Organization
The Editorial Pencil Moves West
A Test of the Relationship between Site Size and Population
Archaeologists, especially those doing regional surveys, generally assume that there is a correlation between the areal extent of a habitation site and the number of people living at that site. This paper uses a combination of archaeological and historical data from the Peruvian Andes to examine this assumption. We find that, in this case, only a weak correlation holds between these two factors. However, a consideration of site function and topog…
The Puquios of Nasca
The puquios of Nasca are a system of subterranean filtration galleries that provide water for irrigation and domestic uses in the middle portions of the Nasca, Taruga, and Las Trancas valleys of the Río Grande de Nasca drainage of the south coast of Peru. At present 36 puquios function in these three valleys; in the past their number may have exceeded 50. We discuss the formal characteristics and the construction of the puquios, and describe each…
Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context In South Coastal Peru
Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context In South Coastal Peru. Anne Paul (editor). Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1990. 170 pp. $48.50 (cloth). ISBN 0–8061–2230–7
Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context In South Coastal Peru:Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context In South Coastal Peru
Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in the Lower Santa Valley, Peru: A Regional Perspective on the Origins and Development of Complex North Coast Society
cut through the Acropolis by the Copan River (Becker) is the least-informative contribution to this volume. As an editorial note indicates, no illustrations were supplied by the author. The contribution does not, in any coherent way, describe the work carried out or results obtained in excavations of this area. It subordinates presentation of these results to a superficial discussion of the possible function of various areas of the Acropolis, whi…
Linguistic Anthropology: Peruvian Prehistory: An Overview of Pre‐Inca and Inca Society . Richard W. Keatinge
The bird of Chavín: A Parrot
A key to the understanding of ancient iconography is knowing just what the pictures are pictures of. That is not always an easy question: in this case, a classic collection of Peruvian depictions, it is at least clear the pictures are of birds. But what kind of bird, and why
Intimachay: A December Solstice Observatory at Machu Picchu, Peru
We show that a structure built by the Inkas at the entrance to a cave at Machu Picchu was designed to admit the light of the rising sun only for a brief period before and after the December solstice. This structure is precisely constructed, unique at Machu Picchu, and may have played a part in the annual Inka ritual, Capac Raymi
Conquest and Consolidation: A Comparison of the Wari and Inka Occupations of a Highland Peruvian Valley
A recent archaeological survey was conducted of a highland Peruvian valley in order to evaluate the effect on a local culture of the expansion of empires. The strategy employed in the consolidation of a region under an imperial administrative structure is the result of two general factors: the needs of the empire, and the level of extant local political organization. Evidence of Wari and Inka imperial facilities in the Carahuarazo Valley is inter…
Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy [and Comments and Reply]
The development of the regionally integrated institutions of an expanding state society is predicated on the growth of systems of economic support. Both expansion of existing systems of finance and the development of alternative systems of revenue, such as tribute, administered exchange, and centralized taxation, may be of central importance to the state political economy. This paper examines the reorganization of the economic systems of the Inka…
Was Huari a State
Pristine state government evolved among the indigenous cultures of the central Andes, but archaeologists have not demonstrated when and where. Conceptualization of the state as an integrative mechanism for gathering and processing information and for deliberating decisions provides explicit archaeological criteria for statehood. Examination of the archaeological record reveals that Middle Horizon Huari fulfills almost all of these criteria for st…
Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy [and Comments and Reply]
The development of the regionally integrated institutions of an expanding state society is predicated on the growth of systems of economic support. Both expansion of existing systems of finance and the development of alternative systems of revenue, such as tribute, administered exchange, and centralized taxation, may be of central importance to the state political economy. This paper examines the reorganization of the economic systems of the Inka…
Was Huari a State
Pristine state government evolved among the indigenous cultures of the central Andes, but archaeologists have not demonstrated when and where. Conceptualization of the state as an integrative mechanism for gathering and processing information and for deliberating decisions provides explicit archaeological criteria for statehood. Examination of the archaeological record reveals that Middle Horizon Huari fulfills almost all of these criteria for st…
The Puquios of Nasca
The puquios of Nasca are a system of subterranean filtration galleries that provide water for irrigation and domestic uses in the middle portions of the Nasca, Taruga, and Las Trancas valleys of the Río Grande de Nasca drainage of the south coast of Peru. At present 36 puquios function in these three valleys; in the past their number may have exceeded 50. We discuss the formal characteristics and the construction of the puquios, and describe each…
New World States and Empires: Economic and Social Organization
Conquest and Consolidation: A Comparison of the Wari and Inka Occupations of a Highland Peruvian Valley
A recent archaeological survey was conducted of a highland Peruvian valley in order to evaluate the effect on a local culture of the expansion of empires. The strategy employed in the consolidation of a region under an imperial administrative structure is the result of two general factors: the needs of the empire, and the level of extant local political organization. Evidence of Wari and Inka imperial facilities in the Carahuarazo Valley is inter…
New World States and Empires: Politics, Religion, and Urbanism
Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context In South Coastal Peru
Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context In South Coastal Peru. Anne Paul (editor). Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1990. 170 pp. $48.50 (cloth). ISBN 0–8061–2230–7
A Test of the Relationship between Site Size and Population
Archaeologists, especially those doing regional surveys, generally assume that there is a correlation between the areal extent of a habitation site and the number of people living at that site. This paper uses a combination of archaeological and historical data from the Peruvian Andes to examine this assumption. We find that, in this case, only a weak correlation holds between these two factors. However, a consideration of site function and topog…
The bird of Chavín: A Parrot
A key to the understanding of ancient iconography is knowing just what the pictures are pictures of. That is not always an easy question: in this case, a classic collection of Peruvian depictions, it is at least clear the pictures are of birds. But what kind of bird, and why
Was Huari a State
Pristine state government evolved among the indigenous cultures of the central Andes, but archaeologists have not demonstrated when and where. Conceptualization of the state as an integrative mechanism for gathering and processing information and for deliberating decisions provides explicit archaeological criteria for statehood. Examination of the archaeological record reveals that Middle Horizon Huari fulfills almost all of these criteria for st…
Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy [and Comments and Reply]
The development of the regionally integrated institutions of an expanding state society is predicated on the growth of systems of economic support. Both expansion of existing systems of finance and the development of alternative systems of revenue, such as tribute, administered exchange, and centralized taxation, may be of central importance to the state political economy. This paper examines the reorganization of the economic systems of the Inka…
Intimachay: A December Solstice Observatory at Machu Picchu, Peru
We show that a structure built by the Inkas at the entrance to a cave at Machu Picchu was designed to admit the light of the rising sun only for a brief period before and after the December solstice. This structure is precisely constructed, unique at Machu Picchu, and may have played a part in the annual Inka ritual, Capac Raymi
Conquest and Consolidation: A Comparison of the Wari and Inka Occupations of a Highland Peruvian Valley
A recent archaeological survey was conducted of a highland Peruvian valley in order to evaluate the effect on a local culture of the expansion of empires. The strategy employed in the consolidation of a region under an imperial administrative structure is the result of two general factors: the needs of the empire, and the level of extant local political organization. Evidence of Wari and Inka imperial facilities in the Carahuarazo Valley is inter…
Linguistic Anthropology: Peruvian Prehistory: An Overview of Pre‐Inca and Inca Society . Richard W. Keatinge
The bird of Chavín: A Parrot
A key to the understanding of ancient iconography is knowing just what the pictures are pictures of. That is not always an easy question: in this case, a classic collection of Peruvian depictions, it is at least clear the pictures are of birds. But what kind of bird, and why
Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in the Lower Santa Valley, Peru: A Regional Perspective on the Origins and Development of Complex North Coast Society
cut through the Acropolis by the Copan River (Becker) is the least-informative contribution to this volume. As an editorial note indicates, no illustrations were supplied by the author. The contribution does not, in any coherent way, describe the work carried out or results obtained in excavations of this area. It subordinates presentation of these results to a superficial discussion of the possible function of various areas of the Acropolis, whi…
Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context In South Coastal Peru
Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context In South Coastal Peru. Anne Paul (editor). Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1990. 170 pp. $48.50 (cloth). ISBN 0–8061–2230–7
Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context In South Coastal Peru:Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context In South Coastal Peru
The Puquios of Nasca
The puquios of Nasca are a system of subterranean filtration galleries that provide water for irrigation and domestic uses in the middle portions of the Nasca, Taruga, and Las Trancas valleys of the Río Grande de Nasca drainage of the south coast of Peru. At present 36 puquios function in these three valleys; in the past their number may have exceeded 50. We discuss the formal characteristics and the construction of the puquios, and describe each…
A Test of the Relationship between Site Size and Population
Archaeologists, especially those doing regional surveys, generally assume that there is a correlation between the areal extent of a habitation site and the number of people living at that site. This paper uses a combination of archaeological and historical data from the Peruvian Andes to examine this assumption. We find that, in this case, only a weak correlation holds between these two factors. However, a consideration of site function and topog…
The Editorial Pencil Moves West
New World States and Empires: Economic and Social Organization
New World States and Empires: Politics, Religion, and Urbanism
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