Una reevaluación del desarrollo de la sociedad compleja durante el Precerámico Tardío en base a los fechados radiocarbónicos y a las investigaciones arqueológicas en el valle de Casma

Abstract

A Reexamination of the Development of the Late Preceramic Complex Society through the Radiocarbon Dates and Archaeological Researches in Casma Valley

In many aspects, the preceramic sites of Casma are typical of preceramic occupations in other parts of Peru. Nevertheless, the beginnings of nondomestic or monumental architecture are present at the Casma sites of Tortugas and Huaynuna. In addition, at the site of Huaynuna there is evidence of an "aceramic" occupation that coexisted with the first settlements associated with ceramics in the Early Formative or Initial Period. The existence of aceramic sites in Casma called attention to other sites that, though lacking ceramics, have radiocarbon dates later than 1800 a.C., that is, during the time period typically considered as the Early Formative. This realization has implications with respect to the maritime hypothesis and the development of complex society along the Peruvian coast.