David Chicoine
Biographic Data
| ID | 250877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Chicoine |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Chicoine |
| SIGNATURE | CHICOINE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Louisiana State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1434-152X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 125 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Crowning affairs
The theme of divinity and leadership has been a regular focus of archaeology, anthropology, and art history. We know of notable cases of ‘divine rulership’ in the ancient Americas, but broadly there has been scant synthesis. This essay introduces the aims, background and coverage of this special issue, dedicated to the theme of ‘Sacred Sovereigns: Art, Divinity and Rulership in the Ancient Americas.’ We revisit key thinking behind divine rulershi…
Aerial, Surface, and Subsurface Multimodal Mapping in Coastal Peru
This article describes a series of steps to integrate multiple modes of archaeological mapping in arid and agricultural settings. We use the coastal region of Peru as a case study and share our recent field experience at Cerro San Isidro, a multicomponent hill site located in the agriculture-intensive and mid-elevation (about 500 m asl) Moro region of the Nepeña Valley. In June and July 2022, we spent eight weeks deploying a combination of drone …
The Rise of Native Lordships at Pashash, a.d . 200–600, North Highlands of Ancash, Peru
This article examines the rise of native, segmentary lordships in the highlands of north-central Peru. It reports on new excavations and mapping at the seat of a prehispanic polity, Pashash (Recuay culture), a large hilltop center that developed after the collapse of Chavín civilization. Fieldwork revealed monumental constructions and two special activity contexts radiocarbon-dated to ca. a.d. 200–400: an offering area in a large palatial compoun…
Enchantment in ancient Peru
This paper combines concerns about phenomenology and agency to examine the visuality and materiality of ancient clay and stone friezes in the Nepeña Valley, coastal Peru. Between 2003 and 2010, archaeological excavations documented a series of decorative architectural forms and enhancements associated with the Salinar phase (600–200 BC) residential and civic-ceremonial structures. I report on the discoveries and highlight the transition from poly…
Donnan, Christopher
Proulx, Donald
Early Complex Society in South America, The Development of
Clermont, Norman
Pots Speak Volumes
This contribution examines feasting strategies in Early Horizon Nepeña (800–200 BC), coastal Ancash, north-central Peru. Through the analysis of volumetric capacities of vessels, we estimate scales of food and drink production at three coeval sites of Caylán, Huambacho, and Samanco. Production scales at those communities are used as proxies for domestic economies, their prosperity and ability to sponsor feasts. We compare and analyze scales of do…
Gated Communities, Neighborhoods, and Modular Living at the Early Horizon Urban Center of Caylán, Peru
This paper examines the shift to enclosed forms of residence and modular living in the context of emerging urbanism during the Early Horizon in the Nepeña Valley, north-central coast of Peru. During the local Nepeña phase (800-450 cal BCE), complex agrarian groups living in the lower portion of the coastal drainage interrupt constructions at ceremonial centers of the Chavín and Cupinisque religious traditions and relocate on the valley margins, m…
Clermont, Norman
Murra, John
Proulx, Donald
Donnan, Christopher
Early Complex Society in South America, The Development of
Archaeology and Geography
Territoriality, Monumentality, and Religion in Formative Period Nepeña, Coastal Ancash
Ancient urbanism and complex societies in the Peruvian Desert
The two monographs under review here are both published by the University Press of Florida and both feature results of field research at two previously understudied sites on the north and south coasts of Peru. Based on descriptions of excavation contexts and the analysis of material remains, Melissa Vogel and Christina Conlee discuss the implications of El Purgatorio and La Tiza for understanding Casma urbanism and the development of complex soci…
Mortuary practices and living-dead interactions
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Early Horizon camelid management practices in the Nepeña Valley, north-central coast of Peru
South American camelids (llamas and alpacas) were of great economic, social and ritual significance in the pre-Hispanic Andes. Although these animals are largely limited to high-altitude (>3500 masl) pastures, it has been hypothesised that camelids were also raised at lower altitudes in the arid coastal river valleys. Previous isotopic studies of Early Intermediate Period (c. 200 BC–AD 600) and Middle Horizon (c. AD 600–1100) camelids support thi…
Seaside life in Early Horizon Peru
Studies of social complexity increasingly acknowledge the crucial role maritime communities play in the constitution of societies. Research at Samanco, a seaside center in the Nepeña Valley, north-central Peru, provides new evidence on coastal life during the Early Horizon (900–200 b.c.) ascribed to early urban developments. Samanco comprises hundreds of structures organized into distinct compounds spread over 30 ha in the northern margin of the …
Ancient urban life at the Early Horizon center of Caylán, Peru
This article examines the development of urban forms of community organization on the north-central coast of Peru during the 1st millennium b.c. Recent mapping and excavations at the Early Horizon center of Caylán, in the Nepeña Valley, provide insights into the nucleation of human groups at an extensive valley floor complex. The results indicate the establishment of an urban core around cross-cutting avenues, while architectural data point towar…
Shellfish Resources and Maritime Economy at Caylán, Coastal Ancash, Peru
This article explores the relationships between mollusk exploitation and maritime economies in ancient coastal Peru. Data are drawn from the analysis of shell remains from the Early Horizon center of Caylán (800–1 cal BC), a large urban settlement interpreted as the primary center of a multi-tiered polity located in the Nepeña Valley, coastal Ancash. Excavations in 2009 and 2010 yielded a large amount of faunal remains including 220 kg of shell r…
Soundscapes and community organisation in ancient Peru
The thriving study of acoustic archaeology is here applied to an excavated plaza site in Peru, where the authors show that an intimate sound-space was intended, one which featured panpipe music as well as the spoken word. Their method involved the measurement of three sound levels of speech at various distances from the plaza, giving us an easy-to-use mode of on-site investigation, which will surely win wide application. The study also showed a d…
Plaza life and public performance at the Early Horizon center of Caylán, Nepeña Valley, Perú
The following article examines ancient Andean performance at the Early Horizon site of Caylán (800-1 BC), Nepeña Valley, North-Central Coast of Peru. Caylán, a hypothesized early urban polity, was organized around a series of monumental enclosure compounds, each dominated by a plaza. Our research considers public performance from one of Caylán's largest and best preserved plazas, Plaza-A. Results indicate a spatially exclusive, neighborhood-based…
Feasting landscapes and political economy at the Early Horizon center of Huambacho, Nepeña Valley, Peru
Early Horizon camelid management practices in the Nepeña Valley, north-central coast of Peru
South American camelids (llamas and alpacas) were of great economic, social and ritual significance in the pre-Hispanic Andes. Although these animals are largely limited to high-altitude (>3500 masl) pastures, it has been hypothesised that camelids were also raised at lower altitudes in the arid coastal river valleys. Previous isotopic studies of Early Intermediate Period (c. 200 BC–AD 600) and Middle Horizon (c. AD 600–1100) camelids support thi…
Early Horizon Architecture at Huambacho, Nepeña Valley, Peru
Investigations in 2003 and 2004 at Huambacho (PV31-103)) lower Nepeña Valley, yielded significant data to assess the nature of Early Horizon (900–200 B.C.) architecture on the north-central coast of Peru. In Nepeña, the Initial Period (1800–900 B.C.) mounds, such as Cerro Blanco and Punkurí are superseded by several enclosure complexes, and new concepts of architecture appear in the archaeological record. This paper highlights the new architectur…
Ancient urban life at the Early Horizon center of Caylán, Peru
This article examines the development of urban forms of community organization on the north-central coast of Peru during the 1st millennium b.c. Recent mapping and excavations at the Early Horizon center of Caylán, in the Nepeña Valley, provide insights into the nucleation of human groups at an extensive valley floor complex. The results indicate the establishment of an urban core around cross-cutting avenues, while architectural data point towar…
Death and Religion in the Southern Moche Periphery
This article explores religion, death, and mortuary practices in the Southern Moche (A.D. 1-800) periphery as viewed through the excavation of grave contexts at the site of Huambacho, Nepeña Valley, Peru. Moche influence reached Nepeña as is visible in the construction of religious buildings at the site of Pañamarca and the presence of Moche style ceramics at several sites. In 2003 and 2004, scientific excavations at Huambacho, an Early Horizon c…
Crowning affairs
The theme of divinity and leadership has been a regular focus of archaeology, anthropology, and art history. We know of notable cases of ‘divine rulership’ in the ancient Americas, but broadly there has been scant synthesis. This essay introduces the aims, background and coverage of this special issue, dedicated to the theme of ‘Sacred Sovereigns: Art, Divinity and Rulership in the Ancient Americas.’ We revisit key thinking behind divine rulershi…
Soundscapes and community organisation in ancient Peru
The thriving study of acoustic archaeology is here applied to an excavated plaza site in Peru, where the authors show that an intimate sound-space was intended, one which featured panpipe music as well as the spoken word. Their method involved the measurement of three sound levels of speech at various distances from the plaza, giving us an easy-to-use mode of on-site investigation, which will surely win wide application. The study also showed a d…
The Size Efficiency of Rural Governments
The deterioration of the supply of public infrastructure throughout the United States has been found to be accelerating. The reason most often cited for the increasing rates of deterioration is the lack of available funding, or fiscal stress, present in many local governments. A popular short-term solution to fiscal stress is to defer infrastructure repairs and/or replacement programs. This is particularly true in rural areas where a declining ag…
Plaza life and public performance at the Early Horizon center of Caylán, Nepeña Valley, Perú
The following article examines ancient Andean performance at the Early Horizon site of Caylán (800-1 BC), Nepeña Valley, North-Central Coast of Peru. Caylán, a hypothesized early urban polity, was organized around a series of monumental enclosure compounds, each dominated by a plaza. Our research considers public performance from one of Caylán's largest and best preserved plazas, Plaza-A. Results indicate a spatially exclusive, neighborhood-based…
Nuevas evidencias sobre el Periodo Formativo del valle de Nepeña
Esta contribución presenta y discute los resultados preliminares de la primera temporada de investigaciones arqueológicas en el sitio de Caylán, localizado en la parte baja del valle de Nepeña, costa del departamento de Áncash. Entre junio y agosto de 2009 se realizaron trabajos de levantamiento y excavación en el marco del Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Caylán (PIAC). Este artículo revisa los estudios anteriores con el objetivo de subray…
Shellfish Resources and Maritime Economy at Caylán, Coastal Ancash, Peru
This article explores the relationships between mollusk exploitation and maritime economies in ancient coastal Peru. Data are drawn from the analysis of shell remains from the Early Horizon center of Caylán (800–1 cal BC), a large urban settlement interpreted as the primary center of a multi-tiered polity located in the Nepeña Valley, coastal Ancash. Excavations in 2009 and 2010 yielded a large amount of faunal remains including 220 kg of shell r…
Seaside life in Early Horizon Peru
Studies of social complexity increasingly acknowledge the crucial role maritime communities play in the constitution of societies. Research at Samanco, a seaside center in the Nepeña Valley, north-central Peru, provides new evidence on coastal life during the Early Horizon (900–200 b.c.) ascribed to early urban developments. Samanco comprises hundreds of structures organized into distinct compounds spread over 30 ha in the northern margin of the …
Cronología y secuencias en Huambacho, valle de Nepeña, costa de Áncash
Este artículo examina datos secuenciales de contextos arquitectónicos y cerámicos del sitio de Huambacho con el objetivo de refinar las cronologías regionales en la parte baja del valle de Nepeña, costa de Áncash, durante el primer milenio a.C. Las recientes investigaciones en el centro del Horizonte Temprano de Huambacho han brindado indicios para explorar el surgimiento y el desarrollo de una tradición cultural regional que se caracteriza por u…
Representative versus direct democracy a Tiebout test of relative performance
Factors affecting property tax reliance
Gated Communities, Neighborhoods, and Modular Living at the Early Horizon Urban Center of Caylán, Peru
This paper examines the shift to enclosed forms of residence and modular living in the context of emerging urbanism during the Early Horizon in the Nepeña Valley, north-central coast of Peru. During the local Nepeña phase (800-450 cal BCE), complex agrarian groups living in the lower portion of the coastal drainage interrupt constructions at ceremonial centers of the Chavín and Cupinisque religious traditions and relocate on the valley margins, m…
Ignoring the Obvious
The purpose of this article is to present the conclusions of a Deweyan-oriented constructivist educator concerning what I believe to be a number of crucial dysfunctional elements embedded in the very structure of the traditional teacher education program. My experience as a teacher educator has led me to conclude that certain time-honored aspects of traditionally structured teacher education, so long entrenched that they are virtually invisible t…
State and Local Taxation
Factors affecting property tax reliance
Economies of Size and Scope in Rural Low-Volume Roads
Evidence on cost savings from reorganizing township low-volume, rural-road systems into larger units is presented in the study of technical efficiencies in producing local government services. Data are from a sample of midwestern townships. Heterogeneity of surface types is accounted for by specifying a multiple output translog cost function. Examination of economies of size suggest that cost savings could be realized by reorganizing townships in…
Representative versus direct democracy a Tiebout test of relative performance
The Size Efficiency of Rural Governments
The deterioration of the supply of public infrastructure throughout the United States has been found to be accelerating. The reason most often cited for the increasing rates of deterioration is the lack of available funding, or fiscal stress, present in many local governments. A popular short-term solution to fiscal stress is to defer infrastructure repairs and/or replacement programs. This is particularly true in rural areas where a declining ag…
Nuevos datos sobre Huaca China, Valle del Santa, Perú
La presencia Moche en el valle del Santa se apoya en la existencia de numerosos sitios entre los cuales varios son considerados centros locales de importancia. Huaca China es uno de estos sitios estratégicos en la parte suroeste del valle. Las recolecciones de superficie y la limpieza de pozos de huaquero permiten la identificación de una presencia Moche y de una fuerte ocupación durante el Horizonte Medio. Además de presentar una sepultura de la…
Ignoring the Obvious
The purpose of this article is to present the conclusions of a Deweyan-oriented constructivist educator concerning what I believe to be a number of crucial dysfunctional elements embedded in the very structure of the traditional teacher education program. My experience as a teacher educator has led me to conclude that certain time-honored aspects of traditionally structured teacher education, so long entrenched that they are virtually invisible t…
Early Horizon Architecture at Huambacho, Nepeña Valley, Peru
Investigations in 2003 and 2004 at Huambacho (PV31-103)) lower Nepeña Valley, yielded significant data to assess the nature of Early Horizon (900–200 B.C.) architecture on the north-central coast of Peru. In Nepeña, the Initial Period (1800–900 B.C.) mounds, such as Cerro Blanco and Punkurí are superseded by several enclosure complexes, and new concepts of architecture appear in the archaeological record. This paper highlights the new architectur…
Nuevas evidencias sobre el Periodo Formativo del valle de Nepeña
Esta contribución presenta y discute los resultados preliminares de la primera temporada de investigaciones arqueológicas en el sitio de Caylán, localizado en la parte baja del valle de Nepeña, costa del departamento de Áncash. Entre junio y agosto de 2009 se realizaron trabajos de levantamiento y excavación en el marco del Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Caylán (PIAC). Este artículo revisa los estudios anteriores con el objetivo de subray…
Cronología y secuencias en Huambacho, valle de Nepeña, costa de Áncash
Este artículo examina datos secuenciales de contextos arquitectónicos y cerámicos del sitio de Huambacho con el objetivo de refinar las cronologías regionales en la parte baja del valle de Nepeña, costa de Áncash, durante el primer milenio a.C. Las recientes investigaciones en el centro del Horizonte Temprano de Huambacho han brindado indicios para explorar el surgimiento y el desarrollo de una tradición cultural regional que se caracteriza por u…
Death and Religion in the Southern Moche Periphery
This article explores religion, death, and mortuary practices in the Southern Moche (A.D. 1-800) periphery as viewed through the excavation of grave contexts at the site of Huambacho, Nepeña Valley, Peru. Moche influence reached Nepeña as is visible in the construction of religious buildings at the site of Pañamarca and the presence of Moche style ceramics at several sites. In 2003 and 2004, scientific excavations at Huambacho, an Early Horizon c…
Feasting landscapes and political economy at the Early Horizon center of Huambacho, Nepeña Valley, Peru
Plaza life and public performance at the Early Horizon center of Caylán, Nepeña Valley, Perú
The following article examines ancient Andean performance at the Early Horizon site of Caylán (800-1 BC), Nepeña Valley, North-Central Coast of Peru. Caylán, a hypothesized early urban polity, was organized around a series of monumental enclosure compounds, each dominated by a plaza. Our research considers public performance from one of Caylán's largest and best preserved plazas, Plaza-A. Results indicate a spatially exclusive, neighborhood-based…
Shellfish Resources and Maritime Economy at Caylán, Coastal Ancash, Peru
This article explores the relationships between mollusk exploitation and maritime economies in ancient coastal Peru. Data are drawn from the analysis of shell remains from the Early Horizon center of Caylán (800–1 cal BC), a large urban settlement interpreted as the primary center of a multi-tiered polity located in the Nepeña Valley, coastal Ancash. Excavations in 2009 and 2010 yielded a large amount of faunal remains including 220 kg of shell r…
Soundscapes and community organisation in ancient Peru
The thriving study of acoustic archaeology is here applied to an excavated plaza site in Peru, where the authors show that an intimate sound-space was intended, one which featured panpipe music as well as the spoken word. Their method involved the measurement of three sound levels of speech at various distances from the plaza, giving us an easy-to-use mode of on-site investigation, which will surely win wide application. The study also showed a d…
Ancient urban life at the Early Horizon center of Caylán, Peru
This article examines the development of urban forms of community organization on the north-central coast of Peru during the 1st millennium b.c. Recent mapping and excavations at the Early Horizon center of Caylán, in the Nepeña Valley, provide insights into the nucleation of human groups at an extensive valley floor complex. The results indicate the establishment of an urban core around cross-cutting avenues, while architectural data point towar…
Early Horizon camelid management practices in the Nepeña Valley, north-central coast of Peru
South American camelids (llamas and alpacas) were of great economic, social and ritual significance in the pre-Hispanic Andes. Although these animals are largely limited to high-altitude (>3500 masl) pastures, it has been hypothesised that camelids were also raised at lower altitudes in the arid coastal river valleys. Previous isotopic studies of Early Intermediate Period (c. 200 BC–AD 600) and Middle Horizon (c. AD 600–1100) camelids support thi…
Seaside life in Early Horizon Peru
Studies of social complexity increasingly acknowledge the crucial role maritime communities play in the constitution of societies. Research at Samanco, a seaside center in the Nepeña Valley, north-central Peru, provides new evidence on coastal life during the Early Horizon (900–200 b.c.) ascribed to early urban developments. Samanco comprises hundreds of structures organized into distinct compounds spread over 30 ha in the northern margin of the …
Mortuary practices and living-dead interactions
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Territoriality, Monumentality, and Religion in Formative Period Nepeña, Coastal Ancash
Ancient urbanism and complex societies in the Peruvian Desert
The two monographs under review here are both published by the University Press of Florida and both feature results of field research at two previously understudied sites on the north and south coasts of Peru. Based on descriptions of excavation contexts and the analysis of material remains, Melissa Vogel and Christina Conlee discuss the implications of El Purgatorio and La Tiza for understanding Casma urbanism and the development of complex soci…
Clermont, Norman
Murra, John
Proulx, Donald
Donnan, Christopher
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (20 works) · Geography (20 works) · Archaeology (17 works) · Political science (14 works) · History (12 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Art (8 works) · Architecture (7 works) · Economics (7 works)