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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
The site of Galindo is seen as providing important information on the transition between the Moche to the Chimu traditions (only data on Chimu are topic indexed). The site of Galindo, itself, was only occupied for about two centuries, but it exhibits many of the innovative architectural and settlement features later seen at Chan Chan, such as adobe-walled enclosures in the center of the city (called [i]cercaduras[/i] at Galindo), smaller [i]huacas[/i] some of which are located within their own compounds,the appearance of elite residential complexes, corporate storage areas, rigid planning, restricted access to certain areas of the city, the [i]tablado[/i] (a U-shaped structure probably used by governmental administrators to control access), and residential areas separated by a massive adobe wall with a parallel "moat." Thus the site forms a transition from the more religiously oriented authority of the Moche to the more secular, centralized administration found with the Chimu as seen at Chan Chan.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- Cities
- 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)
- 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
- 1450-1000 BP (AD 550-1000)
- 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
- 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)