Mineralogical, petrographic and geochemical assessment of pre-Colombian pottery from Nunura area, Sechura desert, Peru

• Main Author: Γιαννόπουλος, Μιχαήλ
• Other Authors: Giannopoulos, Michail
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Geochemistry; Archaeometry; Geoarchaeology; Mineralogy; Peru; Sechura; Γεωχημεία; Αρχαιομετρία; Γεωαρχαιολογία; Ορυκτολογία

Archeological studies in Sechura desert at northwestern Peru have recorded human settlements tracing all the way back to the 5th century B.C. and up to the 15th A.D. and the beginning of the colonial period (Cárdenas et al., 1991). The present study is part of a wider research project entitled “Sec...