Book
Chan Chan: the form of the city in time
Harvard University • Department Of Anthropology • Published In 1978 • Pages:
By: Kolata, Alan L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation presents an analysis of changes through time in the urban landscape of Chan Chan, with particular emphasis on the elite administrative structures known as [i]ciudadelas[/i], although small irregular agglutinated rooms (SIAR) and intermediate architecture are also described. A seriation of adobe bricks provides a chronology, checked against the architectural morphology of the [i]audiencias[/i] which was standardized over time. The results are used to shed light on state economy, imperial and military expansion, extraction of tribute, and irrigation systems in rural areas. The growth of the city is divided into seven phases: Formative, Imperial Phase 1, Consolidation, Imperial Phase 2, Imperial Phase 3, Chimu-Inca, and Colonial. Topics covered for each include the architecture added, urban-rural interaction, and the ties between the capital and state-designed settlements in other valleys, with ethnohistorical inferences.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Typologies and classifications
- Masonry
- Cities
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Public structures
- Production and supply
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 1969-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1150-470 BP (AD 850-1530)
- 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
- by Alan Louis Kolata
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 363 -372)
- Thesis (Ph.D)--Harvard University, 1978
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chimu