essay

Subsistence systems in the Chimú state

chan chan: andean desert cityAlbuquerque • Published In 2010 • Pages: 177-196

By: Pozorski, Shelia Griffis.

Abstract
Food remains from ten sites in the Moche Valley are analyzed in order to reconstruct changes in subsistence from the Cotton Preceramic to the end of the Late Horizon (only the data pertaining to the Chimu are topic indexed). Industrial plants and wild species are included. Subsistence patterns at Chan Chan and three other communities are compared: Cerro la Virgen and Choroval, farming communities close to the ocean, and Caracoles, likely a community corvée laborers. In addition to diet, there is a discussion of the economic organization of the Chimu state, with redistribution of food and services between communities, and territorial expansion into new resource zones as evidenced by the introduction of new species of fruit.
Subjects
Diet
Nutrition
Production and supply
Settlement patterns
Community structure
Sociocultural trends
Miscellaneous government activities
tradition
Chimu
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
1800-524 BP (AD 200-1476)
Coverage Place
Trujillo province (Moche Valley), La Libertad, Peru
Notes
Shelia G. Pozorski
For bibliographical references see document 18:[Moseley and Day] (2010, References)
Reprint of 1982 copy
LCCN
80054567
LCSH
Chanchán (Peru)