The Absolute Chronology of Castillo de Huarmey

Summary

This is an abstract from the "A Decade of Multidisciplinary Research at Castillo de Huarmey, Peru" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Castillo de Huarmey, located on the North Coast of Peru and dated to the Middle Horizon period (ca. 650–1050 CE), was one of the most important provincial centers of the Wari Empire. Presenting the results of an extensive radiocarbon dating program, the present paper focuses on the chronological aspects of this unique site. Based on precise stratigraphic control of the radiocarbon samples, we implement a Bayesian statistical analysis of the radiocarbon dates from Castillo de Huarmey to estimate the site’s occupation period and to define episodes of human activity and architectural dynamics registered during archaeological excavations.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• A Decade of Multidisciplinary Research at Castillo de Huarmey, Peru   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37095.0