essay
Elite compounds in Chan Chan
chan chan: andean desert city • Albuquerque • Published In 2010 • Pages: 119-143
By: Klymyshyn, Alexandra M. Ulana.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Descriptions and analyses of the elite compounds at Chan Chan, as they are known from survey and limited excavation, includes discussion of their chronology, locations within the site, storerooms, and the types of [i]audiencias[/i] and their locations within compounds, and storerooms. A classification of the compounds is developed, based on standing architectural features such as high walls, wells, and the presence of more open space than found in the contrasting SIAR (small irregularly agglutinated rooms). The evidence for a rigid class system is explored, along with the Chimu nobility and their origin myth, and specialized occupations in political leadership and in the manufacture of certain status items.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Housing
- Classes
- Grounds
- Building interiors and arrangement
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Warehousing
- Public structures
- Typologies and classifications
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chimu
- 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
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100-524 BP (AD 900-1476)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chan Chan, Huanchaco, Trujillo province (Moche Valley), La Libertad, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alexandra M. Ulana Klymyshyn
- For bibliographical references see document 18:[Moseley and Day] (2010, References)
- Reprint of 1982 copy
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80054567
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chanchán (Peru)