Book
Pampa Grande and the Mochica culture
University of Texas Press • Austin • Published In 1994 • Pages:
By: Shimada, Izumi.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 comparisons drawn to the contemporary Southern Moche center of Galindo in the Moche Valley. In addition to using data from others' field work, the author conducted survey, mapped parts of the site, and excavated small portions of Pampa Grande during the 1970s. The rise and fall of Pampa Grande are interpreted as a creative response to prolonged climatic anomalies, the encroaching Cajamarca and Huari cultures, and the political and social instability of an urban population, with the synthesis covering the settlement pattern of the city and the artifacts found, what the settlement pattern can tell us about the system of government, and the economy of Pampa Grande and the Moche in general.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- Settlement patterns
- Production and supply
- Cities
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Moche
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Andes
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2013
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973, 1975, 1978, 1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2000-1250 BP (AD 1-750)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Piura, Lambayeque, La Libertad and Ancash regions (north coast), Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Izumi Shimada
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-305) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93026108
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mochica Indians--Urban residence
- Mochica art
- Mochica Indians--Antiquities
- Land settlement patterns--Peru--Lambayeque (Dept.) Pampa Grande Site (Peru) Lambayeque (Peru : Dept.)--Antiquities