Pañamarca through Time: Before, during, and after Moche

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Paisajes Arqueológicos de Pañamarca: Findings from the 2018–2023 Field Seasons" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Although it is now best known for earthen architecture bearing iconic wall paintings in late Moche style (ca. 600–850 CE), Pañamarca was a monumental center of great importance in the lower Nepeña Valley of north-coastal Peru from at least 150 BCE through the 1400s CE. In this paper, we present the evidence for this expanded understanding of the site’s history and its monumental transformations and reconfigurations—from the Final Formative period until the eve of Spanish colonization—including data from stratigraphic excavations and dozens of new AMS dates. This diachronic view of Pañamarca has important implications for local and regional archaeology, as well as for enduring relationships between the site and its neighboring contemporary community of Capellanía.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Paisajes Arqueológicos de Pañamarca: Findings from the 2018–2023 Field Seasons   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38221.0