New Technologies for Archaeology: Multidisciplinary Investigations in Palpa and Nasca, Peru (Natural Science in Archaeology)

Markus Reindel is an archaeologist specialized in South American and Mesoamerican cultures. He earned his Ph. D. degree at the University of Bonn in Germany. He carried out archaelogical fieldwork in northern Peru, on the coast of Ecuador, in Yucatan, Mexiko and again in Peru, where he is engaged in the investigation of the Nasca culture during the last ten years. Günther A. Wagner directed the Research Group of Archaeometry, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, situated at the Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, and was at the same time professor for geology at the University of Heidelberg. After his retirement in 2006 he joined the Department of Geography. In 1999 he became the first president of the German Archaeometric Society. He is member of the German Archaeological Institute. He has authored/coauthored several books and numerous articles. He acted as Managing Editor of the journal ‘Archaeometry’ and still is Editor of the series ‘Natural Science in Archaeology’. His research topics are archaeochronometry, archaeometallurgy and geoarchaeology. Introduction : New Methods And Technologies Of Natural Sciences For Archaeological Investigations In Nasca And Palpa, Peru / Markus Reindel And Günther A. Wagner -- Man And Environment In The Eastern Atacama Desert (southern Peru) : Holocene Climate Changes And Their Impact On Pre-columbian Cultures / Bernhard Eitel And Bertil Mächtle -- Built On Sand : Climatic Oscillation And Water Harvesting During The Late Intermediate Period / Bertil Mächtle ... [et Al.] -- Beneath The Desert Soil : Archaeological Prospecting With A Caesium Magnetometer / Jörg W.e. Fassbinder And Tomasz H. Gorka -- Quantum Detection Meets Archaeology : Magnetic Prospection With Squids, Highly Sensitive And Fast / Sven Linzen ... [et Al.] -- Viewing The Subsurface In 3d : Sediment Tomography For (geo-)archaeological Prospection In Palpa, Southern Peru / Stefan Hecht -- The Field Of Sherds : Reconstructing Geomagnetic Field Variations From Peruvian Potsherds / Florian Stark ... [et Al.] -- From Hunters To Regional Lords : Funerary Practices In Palpa, Peru / Johny Isla Cuadrado -- Talking Bones : Bioarchaeological Analysis Of Individuals From Palpa / Elsa Tomasto Cagigao -- Who Were The Nasca? Population Dynamics In Pre-columbian Southern Peru Revealed By Ancient Dna Analyses / Lars Fehren-schmitz, Susanne Hummel And Bernd Herrmann -- Humans And Camelids In River Oases Of The Ica-palpa-nazca Region In Pre-hispanic Times : Insights From H-c-n-o-s-sr Isotope Signatures / Peter Horn ... [et Al.] -- The Nasca And Their Dear Creatures : Molecular Genetic Analysis Of Pre-columbian Camelid Bones And Textiles / Rebecca Renneberg, Susanne Hummel And Bernd Herrmann -- Of Layers And Sherds : A Context-based Relative Chronology Of The Nasca Style Pottery From Palpa / Niels Hecht -- The Clock In The Corn Cob : On The Development Of A Chronology Of The Paracas And Nasca Period Based On Radiocarbon Dating / Ingmar Unkel And Bernd Kromer -- Cold Light From The Sediments Of A Hot Desert : How Luminescence Dating Sheds Light On The Landscape Development Of The Northeastern Atacama / Annette Kadereit ... [et Al.] -- Light Thrown On History : The Dating Of Stone Surfaces At The Geoglyphs Of Palpa Using Optically Stimulated Luminescence / Steffen Greilich And Günther A. Wagner -- Virtual Archaeology : New Methods Of Image-based 3d Modeling / Armin Gruen -- Virtual Flight Over The Nasca Lines : Automated Generation Of A Photorealistically Textured 3d Model Of The Pampa De Nasca / Martin Sauerbier -- Context Matters : Gis-based Spatial Analysis Of The Nasca Geoglyphs Of Palpa / Karsten Lambers And Martin Sauerbier -- A Model Helicopter Over Pinchango Alto : Comparison Of Terrestrial Laser Scanning And Aerial Photogrammetry / Henri Eisenbeiss -- Perspectives And Contrasts : Documentation And Interpretation Of The Petroglyphs Of Chichictara, Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning And Image-based 3d Modeling / Peter Fux ... [et Al.] -- Pottery Plotted By Laser : 3d Acquisition For Documentation And Analysis Of Symmetry Of Ancient Ceramics / Hubert Mara -- Gold In Southern Peru? Perspectives Of Research Into Mining Archaeology / Thomas Stöllner -- Fingerprints In Gold / Sandra Schlosser ... [et Al.] -- Life At The Edge Of The Desert : Archaeological Reconstruction Of The Settlement History In The Valleys Of Palpa, Peru / Markus Reindel. Markus Reindel, Günther A. Wagner (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References (p. 463-504) And Index. Front Matter....Pages I-XVII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction – New Methods and Technologies of Natural Sciences for Archaeological Investigations in Nasca and Palpa, Peru....Pages 1-13 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 Man and Environment in the Eastern Atacama Desert (Southern Peru): Holocene Climate Changes and Their Impact on Pre-Columbian Cultures....Pages 17-23 Built on Sand: Climatic Oscillation and Water Harvesting During the Late Intermediate Period....Pages 39-46 Front Matter....Pages 47-47 Beneath the Desert Soil – Archaeological Prospecting with a Caesium Magnetometer....Pages 49-69 Quantum Detection Meets Archaeology – Magnetic Prospection with SQUIDs, Highly Sensitive and Fast....Pages 71-85 Viewing the Subsurface in 3D: Sediment Tomography for (Geo-)Archaeological Prospection in Palpa, Southern Peru....Pages 87-102 The Field of Sherds: Reconstructing Geomagnetic Field Variations from Peruvian Potsherds....Pages 103-116 Front Matter....Pages 117-117 From Hunters to Regional Lords: Funerary Practices in Palpa, Peru....Pages 119-139 Talking Bones: Bioarchaeological Analysis of Individuals from Palpa....Pages 141-158 Who Were the Nasca? Population Dynamics in Pre-Columbian Southern Peru Revealed by Ancient DNA Analyses....Pages 159-172 Humans and Camelids in River Oases of the Ica–Palpa–Nazca Region in Pre-Hispanic Times – Insights from H-C-N-O-S-Sr Isotope Signatures....Pages 173-192 The Nasca and Their Dear Creatures – Molecular Genetic Analysis of Pre-Columbian Camelid Bones and Textiles....Pages 193-203 Front Matter....Pages 205-205 Of Layers and Sherds: A Context-Based Relative Chronology of the Nasca Style Pottery from Palpa....Pages 207-230 The Clock in the Corn Cob: On the Development of a Chronology of the Paracas and Nasca Period Based on Radiocarbon Dating....Pages 231-244 Cold Light from the Sediments of a Hot Desert: How Luminescence Dating Sheds Light on the Landscape Development of the Northeastern Atacama....Pages 245-270 Light Thrown on History – The Dating of Stone Surfaces at the Geoglyphs of Palpa Using Optically Stimulated Luminescence....Pages 271-283 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Virtual Archaeology – New Methods of Image-Based 3D Modeling....Pages 287-305 Virtual Flight Over the Nasca Lines – Automated Generation of a Photorealistically Textured 3D Model of the Pampa de Nasca....Pages 307-320 Context Matters: GIS-Based Spatial Analysis of the Nasca Geoglyphs of Palpa....Pages 321-338 A Model Helicopter Over Pinchango Alto – Comparison of Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Aerial Photogrammetry....Pages 339-358 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Perspectives and Contrasts: Documentation and Interpretation of the Petroglyphs of Chichictara, Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Image-Based 3D Modeling....Pages 359-377 Pottery Plotted by Laser – 3D Acquisition for Documentation and Analysis of Symmetry of Ancient Ceramics....Pages 379-390 Front Matter....Pages 391-391 Gold in Southern Peru? Perspectives of Research into Mining Archaeology....Pages 393-407 Fingerprints in Gold....Pages 409-436 Front Matter....Pages 437-437 Life at the Edge of the Desert – Archaeological Reconstruction of the Settlement History in the Valleys of Palpa, Peru....Pages 439-461 Back Matter....Pages 465-512 "This book gives a representative overview of recent developments in archaeometry. It reveals the enormous potential of well executed multidisciplinary research. Furthermore, it is an example of how complex cultural history can be reconstructed in a combined effort of different disciplines. And last but not least it presents a detailed history of human development as well as its interaction with natural environment in the Nasca region, based on South Americas most detailed numeric archaeochronology."--BOOK JACKET This heavily-illustrated book covers recent developments in archaeometry and offers a multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing complex cultural histories. It also presents a detailed history of human development in South America's Nasca region. Gives an overview of developments in archaeometry. This work presents a detailed history of human development as well as its interaction with natural environment in the Nasca region, based on South America's detailed numeric archaeochronology