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Recognising ritual: the case of Campanayuq Rumi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Yuichi Matsumoto
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Exploration of a group of Early Horizon platforms by quadrat in Peru made contact with a midden, rich in artefacts and faunal remains. Was this the result of discard from an elite residence, or deposits of ‘ceremonial trash’ emanating from ritual performance? The author shows how this question may be decided, even through the analysis of a single small sample.

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PeruAndesfirst millennium BCelite residenceritual centreassemblage analysis
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Research article
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Antiquity , Volume 86 , Issue 333 , September 2012 , pp. 746 - 759
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2012 

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