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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Examining Formative Ceremonial Centers: The View from Chavín de Huántar / Un análisis de los centros ceremoniales del Periodo Formativo a partir de los estudios en Chavín de Huántar

Rick, John W. 10 April 2018 (has links)
Although research flourishes on the ceremonial centers of the Andean Formative period, at the same time remarkably little is understood about the basic functional parameters of these centers. Ultimately, we need to be answering basic questions about why these centers were built, who they functioned for, and what needs they served. This paper argues that although the evidence is clear that they were ritual centers, the application of devotional models derived from modern religious practice is not congruent with observations about the particular site of Chavín de Huántar. Instead, the configuration of this prominent center appears to confirm that the site primarily reflects strategies of leading and secondary elite for increasing hierarchical differentiation within the social and political dimensions of Formative society. / Aunque las investigaciones acerca de los centros ceremoniales del Periodo Formativo son numerosas, al mismo tiempo, curiosamente, poco se ha entendido acerca de sus parámetros funcionales. En el fondo, se necesitan responder preguntas elementales acerca de porqué se construyeron estos centros, para quién funcionaron y a qué propósitos sirvieron. Si bien la evidencia es clara acerca de su carácter ritual, la aplicación de modelos devocionales derivados de prácticas religiosas modernas no es congruente con las observaciones realizadas acerca del singular sitio de Chavín de Huántar. En cambio, la configuración de este prominente centro parece confirmar que refleja, principalmente, estrategias de liderazgo y la presencia de elites secundarias.

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