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The Middle Horizon as viewed from Moche Valleyessay 2010 • Mackey, Carol J.
Chimu • South America > Central Andes
Archaeological evidence is reviewed to test the premise that the Huari (Wari) tradition influenced the Moche and Chimu traditions in the Moche Valley. Influences from the north coast of Peru are also explored. No Huari influence is found for the intr...Chimu administration in the provincesessay 1987 • Mackey, Carol J.
Chimu • South America > Central Andes
Chimu expansion is viewed in two parts: the first beginning around AD 1200; the second starting about 1300 with the incorporation of the Casma Valley and ending after the takeover of the Lambayeque Valley around 1400. The preexisting polities of Casm...The southern frontier of the Chimu empireessay 1990 • Mackey, Carol J. & Klymyshyn, Alexandra M. Ulana
Chimu • South America > Central Andes
Data from survey and excavations in the Casma Valley provide evidence of the Chimu Empire’s expansion south of the Santa Valley. This is compared with the northern territorial expansion to shed light on the "general principles of Chimu policies of ex...