Mujer, poder y riqueza
Subtitle: la tumba de élite femenina Wari del Castillo de Huarmey
By: Patrycja Prądka-Giersz
Edition: 1ra edición.
Publisher: Ediciones del Hipocampo
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Lima, Perú
Language: spa
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9789972894978
Subjects: Human remains (Archaeology); Mausoleums; Women; Social conditions; Huari Indians; Funeral customs and rites; Antiquities
Description: Work revolves around the research carried out regarding the role of women in Wari society. t was in Huarmey, Áncash, where the archaeologist Patrycja Przadka-Giersz, at the head of the group of Polish and Peruvian archaeologists, discovered in 2012, the tomb of the Wari female elite that kept from some point of the Wari period (600 to 1500 AD) 47 skeletons of women of high stock. The interesting thing is that the ages ranged from 60, like that of the woman in the central chamber, to 35 to 40 and 50 and 13 in other chambers. They were all in the so-called red room. Let us consider that this color had a special symbolization among pre-Columbian cultures. The bodies were adorned with more than 1,200 objects made of silver, gold and their alloys, lead, possibly bronze, bone, sculpted wood, textiles, ceramics and matte. The site gained its fame due to the presence of excellent quality and impressively preserved fabrics. Referring to the book, anthropologist Sofía Chacaltana Cortez states "this impressive finding makes us rethink the history of women, including the category of women and power in pre-Hispanic or ancient Peru.".

Work revolves around the research carried out regarding the role of women in Wari society. t was in Huarmey, Áncash, where the archaeologist Patrycja Przadka-Giersz, at the head of the group of Polish and Peruvian archaeologists, discovered in 2012, the tomb of the Wari female elite that kept from some point of the Wari period (600 to 1500 AD) 47 skeletons of women of high stock. The interesting thing is that the ages ranged from 60, like that of the woman in the central chamber, to 35 to 40 and 50 and 13 in other chambers. They were all in the so-called red room. Let us consider that this color had a special symbolization among pre-Columbian cultures. The bodies were adorned with more than 1,200 objects made of silver, gold and their alloys, lead, possibly bronze, bone, sculpted wood, textiles, ceramics and matte. The site gained its fame due to the presence of excellent quality and impressively preserved fabrics. Referring to the book, anthropologist Sofía Chacaltana Cortez states  "this impressive finding makes us rethink the history of women, including the category of women and power in pre-Hispanic or ancient Peru.".
Table of contents: title: Prefacio; title: Capitulo 1: La elite femenina en el mundo prehispánico andino; title: Capitulo 2: Huarmey prehispánico; title: Capitulo 3: Castillo de Huarmey: el templo y la necrópolis de las elites wari; title: Capitulo 4: La tumba de elite femenina Wari; title: Capitulo 5: Reflexiones finales.