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Chan Chan

Andean Desert City

Edited by Michael E. Moseley and Kent C. Day

The fourteen essays in this book focus on the Chan Chan-Moche Valley Project and analyze its five-year archaeological study. It includes chapters on irrigation, excavation results, and sociopolitical organization during the Early Intermediate Period in Peru.

1982. 396 pp., 4 maps, 60 figures, 9 tables, glossary, notes, references, index, 6 x 9

Contributors: Garth Bawden, Geoffrey W. Conrad, Kent C. Day, Eric E. Deeds, Richard W. Keatinge, Alan Louis Kolata, Carol J. Mackey, Michael E. Moseley, Shelia G. Pozorski, Thomas Pozorski, John R. Topic Jr., Theresa Lange Topic, Alexandra M. Ulana Klymyshyn

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  1. Introduction: Human Exploitation and Organization on the North Andean Coast Michael E. Moseley
  2. The Land in Front of Chan Chan: Agrarian Expansion, Reform, and Collapse in the Moche Valley Michael E. Moseley and Eric E. Deeds
  3. Ciudadelas: Their Form and Function Kent C. Day
  4. Chronology and Settlement Growth at Chan Chan Alan Louis Kolata
  5. The Burial Platforms of Chan Chan: Some Social and Political Implications Geoffrey W. Conrad
  6. Elite Compounds in Chan Chan Alexandra M. Ulana Klymyshyn
  7. Lower-Class Social and Economic Organization at Chan Chan John R. Topic, Jr.
  8. Subsistence Systems in the Chimú State Shelia G. Pozorski
  9. The Chimú Empire in a Regional Perspective: Cultural Antecedents and Continuities Richard W. Keatinge
  10. Early Social Stratification and Subsistence Systems: The Caballo Muerto Complex Thomas Pozorski
  11. The Early Intermediate Period and Its Legacy Theresa Lange Topic
  12. Galindo: A Study in Cultural Transition During the Middle Horizon Garth Bawden
  13. The Middle Horizon as Viewed from the Moche Valley Carol J. Mackey
  14. Storage and Labor Service: A Production and Management Design for the Andean Area Kent C. Day
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