Ceramic and Textile Analysis at the site of Santo Domingo, Huarmey Valley, Peru

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Santo Domingo site comprises a funerary area and a small adobe platform. This site is located on a hillside to the west of El Campanario site which was occupied during the beginning of the Late Intermediate Period. Unfortunately, most of the sites of Santo Domingo had been damaged by modern looting, and various types of archaeological artifacts, including human remains, can be found on the surface. However, archaeological excavations conducted during the 2018, 2019, and 2022 field seasons allowed the recovery of human remains, ceramic sherds, wooden objects, bone artifacts, and textile fragments. This study aims to analyze ceramic sherds and textile fragments to document ceramic styles and observe variations in the manufacturing techniques and decoration, as well as to document plain-weave, decorated, and fine-elaborated textiles. Both analyses were conducted using a digital microscope to observe the ceramic paste composition and textile manufacturing techniques. While Santo Domingo was used during the Late Intermedia Period, based on the presence of incise-decorated pottery sherds, foreign ceramic styles suggest the use of the site during the second half of the Middle Horizon, and the presence of camelid fiber textiles and tapestries could indicate coastal-highland interaction.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 52508