essay
Galindo: a study in cultural transition during the Middle Horizon
chan chan: andean desert city • Albuquerque • Published In 2010 • Pages: 285-320
By: Bawden, Garth.
Abstract
Investigation at the late site of Galindo in the Moche valley, dated 1300-1100 BP (AD 700-900), provides information on the transition between the Moche and Chimu traditions. Located well up the valley, Galindo’s control could not have extended beyond. Innovative architectural and settlement features seen later at the Chimu capitol Chan Chan, such as adobe-walled enclosures ([i]cercaduras[/i]) in the center of the site, smaller sacred areas [i]huacas[/i], corporate storage areas, industrial and commercial areas, large llama enclosures, rigid planning, restricted access to certain areas of the city, the [i]tablado[/i], a structure probably used by government administrators to control access, and residential areas separated by a massive adobe wall and parallel "moat" that was evidently not for defense but to segregate the inhabitants of different status or class. The smaller [i]huacas[/i] and large [i]cercaduras[/i] also indicate more secular governance when compared with earlier Moche settlements.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2015
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Central Andes
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2014
- Field Date
- no date given
- Coverage Date
- 1450-1100 BP (AD 550-900)
- Coverage Place
- Galindo, Laredo district, Trujillo (Moche Valley), La Libertad, Peru
- Notes
- Garth Bawden
- Reprint of 1982 copy
- LCCN
- 80054567
- LCSH
- Chanchán (Peru)