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The offering room groupessay 1997 • Cordy-Collins, Alana
Moche • South America > Central Andes
The Offering Room Group is northwest of Huaca 1 at the site of Pacatnamu, in the Jequetepeque Valley. It had burned, baking the inside surface of its walls, charring the cane roof, and altering the Offering Room’s contents. Found in the room were cer...Fonga Sigde, shell purveyor to the Chimu kingsessay 1990 • Cordy-Collins, Alana
Chimu • South America > Central Andes
The traditional history of Lord Naymlap’s arrival in the Lambayeque Valley is examined in light of archeological evidence and iconography, focusing on the courtier Fonga Sigde, whose task was to scatter seashell dust where Lord Naymlap walked. Fonga ...Forensic iconographyessay 2008 • Cordy-Collins, Alana & Merbs, Charles F.
Moche • South America > Central Andes
Five burials of exceptionally large males were uncovered in a platform at Dos Cabezas in the Jequetepeque Valley. In a preliminary skeletal analysis, the authors take a forensic approach to reconstruct the stature, health, lifestyle or occupation, an...