The Chicama Valley in Time and Space
Author(s): Jeffrey Quilter; Regulo Franco J.
Year: 2017
Summary
The Chicama is one of the largest valleys of the Peruvian coast, was part of the
"heartland" of Moche culture, and a frontier between different cultural and linguistic
regions at the time of Spanish arrival. This paper will review past and recent research in
the valley and and their problems and potentials. Particular attention will be paid to
landscape archaeology and the history of irrigation systems and land use through time,
themes to be addressed in the other papers of the session.
Cite this Record
The Chicama Valley in Time and Space. Jeffrey Quilter, Regulo Franco J.. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 ( tDAR id: 429278)
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Keywords
General
Ecology
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Irrigation
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Peru
Geographic Keywords
South America
Spatial Coverage
min long: -93.691; min lat: -56.945 ; max long: -31.113; max lat: 18.48 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 15475