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Galindo: a study in cultural transition during the Middle Horizon
chan chan: andean desert city • Albuquerque • Published In 2010 • Pages: 285-320
By: Bawden, Garth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Investigation at the late site of Galindo in the Moche valley, dated 1300-1100 BP (AD 700-900), provides information on the transition between the Moche and Chimu traditions. Located well up the valley, Galindo’s control could not have extended beyond. Innovative architectural and settlement features seen later at the Chimu capitol Chan Chan, such as adobe-walled enclosures ([i]cercaduras[/i]) in the center of the site, smaller sacred areas [i]huacas[/i], corporate storage areas, industrial and commercial areas, large llama enclosures, rigid planning, restricted access to certain areas of the city, the [i]tablado[/i], a structure probably used by government administrators to control access, and residential areas separated by a massive adobe wall and parallel "moat" that was evidently not for defense but to segregate the inhabitants of different status or class. The smaller [i]huacas[/i] and large [i]cercaduras[/i] also indicate more secular governance when compared with earlier Moche settlements.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Territorial hierarchy
- Settlement patterns
- Public structures
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Streets and traffic
- Warehousing
- Building interiors and arrangement
- Form and rules of government
- 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
- essay
- 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; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1450-1100 BP (AD 550-900)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Galindo, Laredo district, Trujillo (Moche Valley), La Libertad, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Garth Bawden
- Reprint of 1982 copy
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80054567
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chanchán (Peru)