Casma Valley (Other Keyword)

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The Initial Period from the Perspective of the Casma Valley on the Northern Peruvian Coast (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Shelia Pozorski. Thomas Pozorski. Bobbie Lovett. Rosa Marin.

During the Initial Period (2100-1000 B.C.), the largest platform mound in the New World was constructed at Sechin Alto site in the Casma Valley. Measuring 300 m x 250 m x 35 m tall, this mound served as the administrative center for the Sechin Alto Polity which included over a dozen sites, most with monumental architecture. Our current understanding of the Sechin Alto Polity and how it functioned comes from decades of fieldwork by other researchers and by us, and this research is ongoing. This...


The Inka in Chankillo ? (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jessica Christie. Ivan Ghezzi.

The Inka used numerous strategies to expand and integrate a growing empire. We present a case of Inka mobilization of things and ideas, seeking to establish context, through the lenses of stone cults, wak’as, sun worship, and sukankas, for a unique fertility offering found far from the capital on a tower at the Chankillo site (400-200 BC) on the north-central coast. The towers functioned as a solar observatory: sunrises and sunsets were tracked across the towers from two observation points. An...