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Headdress forms in the Paracas Necrópolis Mortuary Tradition
(2017) Ann H. Peters
The importance of headdress is indicated by its careful arrangement on the head of the recently deceased, display on the apex of a mortuary bundle, and prominent depiction in contemporary artifacts. In woven, embroidered or painted imagery, headdress elements include featherwork, the body of a bird or mammal, draped cloth or intertwined bands, often depicted as serpents. Due to their position above the human body, the headdresses are the most consistently preserved textile artifacts in tombs of the Paracas Necropolis mortuary tradition. Some elements appear only with men, others are found with both men and women and certain headcloths are unique to women. Diverse headdresses are present in each bundle, and the forms, materials and styles change among funerary contexts placed in the Necropolis of Wari Kayan and other sectors of the Paracas site between about 200 BCE and 200 CE. Therefore, headdresses provide insight into changing social identities, relationships to the landscape, and political alliances with neighboring societies linked to the late Paracas and early Nasca traditions, demonstrating a dynamic process of interaction and transformation on the south coastal region of the Central Andes. Formas de tocado en la Tradición Mortuaria de la Necrópolis de Paracas Resumen: La importancia del tocado se indica por su arreglo cuidadoso en la cabeza del recién fallecido, su ubicación el la vértice del fardo mortuorio, y su representación prominente en los artefactos contemporáneos. En los imágenes tejidos, bordados o pintados, los elementos de tocado incluyen plumarios, el cuerpo de una ave o un mamífero, una tela o bandas entrelazadas, con frecuencia tomando la forma de serpientes. Debido a su posición arriba del cuerpo humano, los tocados son el tipo de artefacto textil conservado con mayor frecuencia en las tumbas de la tradición mortuorio de Paracas Necrópolis. Algunos elementos aparecen únicamente con los hombres, otros se encuentran tanto con hombres como con mujeres, y ciertas telas de tocado únicamente con mujeres. Diversos tocados están presentes en cada fardo, y las formas, los materiales y los estilos cambian entre los contextos funerarios introducidos en la Necrópolis de Wari Kayan y otros sectores del sitio de Paracas entre c. 200 BCE y 200 CE. Por lo mismo, los tocados ofrecen una visión de cambiantes identidades sociales, relaciones con el paisaje, y alianzas políticas con sociedades vecinas ligadas al las tradiciones de Paracas tardío y Nasca temprano, así demostrando un proceso dinámico de interacción y transformación en
Sequencing Analysis and Radiocarbon Dating of Yarn Fragments from Six Paracas Mantles from Bundle WK12-382
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2025) Jay A. Williams; Avi Dragun; Mohamed Shehab; Imani Peterkin; Ann H. Peters; Kathryn A. Jakes; John Southon; Collin Sauter; James Moran; Ruth Ann Armitage
The Necrópolis de Wari Kayan, at the Paracas site in the coastal desert of south–central Peru, is a large archeologically excavated mortuary complex with fine textile preservation, dated approximately to 2000 BP. This study investigates loose yarns associated with textiles from Wari Kayan tomb 12 (bundle 382), collected by the late Dr. Anne Paul in 1985 at what is now the Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú (MNAAHP). Sequencing multiple state-of-the-art analyses, including direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with diode array detection, and accelerator mass spectrometry, on the same small sample, seeks to “squeeze out every drop” of information. Six mantles from the outer layer include different sets of color hues and values, representing either different time periods or different producer groups. Plasma oxidation at low temperature (<100 °C) prepared carbon dioxide for AMS radiocarbon analysis. Fibers remaining after oxidation were combusted for light-stable isotope analysis. The sequential analysis results in fiber and dye composition, radiocarbon age, and stable isotope fractionation values may suggest fiber origin, continuing and updating a project started over 40 years ago.