Galindo: a study in cultural transition during the Middle Horizon

Bawden, Garth

essay

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.

Abstract
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.

Historical reconstruction

Cities

Settlement patterns

Public structures

Miscellaneous facilities

Streets and traffic

Warehousing

Building interiors and arrangement

Form and rules of government

Chimu

HRAF PubDate

2015