Pampa Grande and the Mochica culture
Book 1994 Shimada, Izumi

MocheSouth America > Central Andes
The author provides solid overview of Moche culture, with particular emphasis on the Northern Moche from the point of view of Lambayeque Valley site of Pampa Grande, which was the dominant Northern Moche urban center late in the tradition, with compa...

Horizontal and vertical dimensions of prehistoric states in north Peru
essay 1987 Shimada, Izumi

MocheSouth America > Central Andes
Shimada discusses the prehistoric states of Moche and Sicán in the north coast of Peru. Only the data that pertain to the Moche were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) codes. Shimada focuses on describing the horizontal and vertical terr...

Cultural continuities and discontinuities on the northern north coast of Peru, Middle-Late Horizons
essay 1990 Shimada, Izumi

ChimuSouth America > Central Andes
In order to begin to provide an empirical basis for addressing the historical veracity of the legend of Naymlap, this document undertakes a diachronic examination of the archeological evidence from the Lambayeque area, particularly that pertaining to...

The Moche people
essay 2008 Shimada, Izumi et al.

MocheSouth America > Central Andes
The authors present preliminary results of a long-term project to analyze mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from Moche burials and sacrifice victims, with a goal of elucidating the genetic and socio-political relationships between elites of different valleys...

The formative site of Las Haldas, Peru
article 1978 Matsuzawa, Tsugio & Shimada, Izumi

Coastal Andean Early FormativeSouth America > Central Andes
Tokyo University archaeologists excavated at Las Haldas on the north coast of Peru in 1958 and 1969. This report presents some results of the later excavations directed by Matsuzawa, concentrated on revealing the relationship between Terraces III and...