Stringing it Together: An Examination of Shell and Stone Beads at Panquilma

Summary

The presences of different type of artifacts, especially shell and stone beads, have often been used to discuss these inter-regional trade networks. In this paper I will discuss and try to identify some of these regional networks and the importance of exchange within these local networks. I examine whether elaborate grave goods are displays of wealth or whether they might represent ritual paraphernalia. I discuss the nature of incipient status inequality.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• Consumption patterns and funerary rituals at the site of Panquilma, Lurin Valley, Peruvian Central Coast

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