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Rooted In Meaning: Plant Iconography On Nasca Polychrome Ceramics, Amanda G. Lange
Rooted In Meaning: Plant Iconography On Nasca Polychrome Ceramics, Amanda G. Lange
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This thesis explores the Nasca use of plant iconography as part of their polychrome ceramics produced at the end of the Early Horizon around 100 BCE to those produced in the beginning and middle of the Early Intermediate Period circa 1to 450 CE. During this time the religious site of Cahuachi was in use as a pilgrimage center as well as the production center of polychrome pottery. The Nasca created their colorful ceramics here to distribute to visiting pilgrims during times of festival or ritual. The culture’s iconography has been studied extensively, most of which focuses on the forms of …
Culminating Project: Ceramics Major, Mark O. Huckabee
Raku And Stoneware Ceramics, Richard Blackman