essay
The Early Intermediate Period and its legacy
chan chan: andean desert city • Albuquerque • Published In 2010 • Pages: 255-284
By: Topic, Theresa Lange.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The focus is on the Early Intermediate Period in the Chicama, Moche, and Virú valleys, with a discussion of some of the political continuities and discontinuities between the Moche and Chimu traditions, especially those that had their roots in Moche. Both were centralized expansionist states with class divisions. They were ruled by elites, with the chief executive segregated from most of the people. Chimu is distinguished by split inheritance among royalty, a relatively secularized bureaucracy, and a redistributive state economy.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- Comparative evidence
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Administrative agencies
- Inheritance
- Production and supply
- Miscellaneous government activities
- 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
- 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
- 1972-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-524 BP (AD 200-1476)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- coastal La Libertad region (north coast) Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Theresa Lange Topic
- 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)