The origins and development of complex prehispanic society in the Lower Santa Valley, Peru: Implications for theories of state origins

Desert Ground Drawings in the Lower Santa Valley, North Coast of Peru

“…In conclusion, judging from the nature of ceramics, ground-drawing iconography, and the corrals, it is probable that among the fundamental socioenvironmental factors in the rise of societal complexity in the Lower Santa Valley region was intensive coast-sierra economic ties (for detailed consideration of this and other factors, see Wilson 1983Wilson , 1985Wilson , 1987Wilson , and 1988. In addition, the economic importance of llamas in facilitating the exchange of goods is attested to by the 12 llama figures at SVP-ESUCH-112 and the presence of widely spaced corral features at sites along trails.…”

Desert Ground Drawings in the Lower Santa Valley, North Coast of Peru

“…In conclusion, judging from the nature of ceramics, ground-drawing iconography, and the corrals, it is probable that among the fundamental socioenvironmental factors in the rise of societal complexity in the Lower Santa Valley region was intensive coast-sierra economic ties (for detailed consideration of this and other factors, see Wilson 1983Wilson , 1985Wilson , 1987Wilson , and 1988. In addition, the economic importance of llamas in facilitating the exchange of goods is attested to by the 12 llama figures at SVP-ESUCH-112 and the presence of widely spaced corral features at sites along trails.…”

Ground truthing of remotely identified fortifications on the Central Coast of Perú

“…A.D. 1450e1532). The Peruvian coast is an ideal place to examine warfare because it has long been at the heart of theoretical debates regarding coercive processes in the development of complexity (Carneiro, 1970(Carneiro, , 1988Wilson, 1983Wilson, : 215, 1988. Based on existing knowledge, the first clear evidence for the construction of fortification in the Central Andes appears in the EH.…”

The Structural Paradox: Moche Culture as Political Ideology

“…Moche V settlement survey reveals that, apart from loss of the valleys from the Vini Valley south, the overall Moche settlement distribution remained much the same, comprising the entire Moche, Chicama, Jequetepeque and Zana Valleys (Figure 1) and the middle parts of the valleys farther north (Eling 1987;Schaedel 1985a;Shimada 1990:334-5), where non-Moche polities also persisted (Schaedel 1985a:448-449). However, data from the Moche V towns of Pampa Grande (Anders 1981;Haas 1985;Shimada 1976Shimada , 1978 and Galindo (Bawden 1977, 1982a, 1982b, 1983Moseley and Ortloff 1981;Topic 1991) clearly support iconographic and burial evidence for change. Located in the valley necks in order to control the main canal intakes and maximize agricultural capacity that had been significantly diminished during the ecological crisis of late Moche IV times (Moseley and Deeds 1982:38-39;Shimada et al 1991), these towns introduced an urban pattern of unprecedented complexity and administrative differentiation.…”

Desert Ground Drawings in the Lower Santa Valley, North Coast of Peru

“…In conclusion, judging from the nature of ceramics, ground-drawing iconography, and the corrals, it is probable that among the fundamental socioenvironmental factors in the rise of societal complexity in the Lower Santa Valley region was intensive coast-sierra economic ties (for detailed consideration of this and other factors, see Wilson 1983Wilson , 1985Wilson , 1987Wilson , and 1988. In addition, the economic importance of llamas in facilitating the exchange of goods is attested to by the 12 llama figures at SVP-ESUCH-112 and the presence of widely spaced corral features at sites along trails.…”

Ground truthing of remotely identified fortifications on the Central Coast of Perú

“…A.D. 1450e1532). The Peruvian coast is an ideal place to examine warfare because it has long been at the heart of theoretical debates regarding coercive processes in the development of complexity (Carneiro, 1970(Carneiro, , 1988Wilson, 1983Wilson, : 215, 1988. Based on existing knowledge, the first clear evidence for the construction of fortification in the Central Andes appears in the EH.…”

The Structural Paradox: Moche Culture as Political Ideology

“…Moche V settlement survey reveals that, apart from loss of the valleys from the Vini Valley south, the overall Moche settlement distribution remained much the same, comprising the entire Moche, Chicama, Jequetepeque and Zana Valleys (Figure 1) and the middle parts of the valleys farther north (Eling 1987;Schaedel 1985a;Shimada 1990:334-5), where non-Moche polities also persisted (Schaedel 1985a:448-449). However, data from the Moche V towns of Pampa Grande (Anders 1981;Haas 1985;Shimada 1976Shimada , 1978 and Galindo (Bawden 1977, 1982a, 1982b, 1983Moseley and Ortloff 1981;Topic 1991) clearly support iconographic and burial evidence for change. Located in the valley necks in order to control the main canal intakes and maximize agricultural capacity that had been significantly diminished during the ecological crisis of late Moche IV times (Moseley and Deeds 1982:38-39;Shimada et al 1991), these towns introduced an urban pattern of unprecedented complexity and administrative differentiation.…”

Desert Ground Drawings in the Lower Santa Valley, North Coast of Peru

“…In conclusion, judging from the nature of ceramics, ground-drawing iconography, and the corrals, it is probable that among the fundamental socioenvironmental factors in the rise of societal complexity in the Lower Santa Valley region was intensive coast-sierra economic ties (for detailed consideration of this and other factors, see Wilson 1983Wilson , 1985Wilson , 1987Wilson , and 1988. In addition, the economic importance of llamas in facilitating the exchange of goods is attested to by the 12 llama figures at SVP-ESUCH-112 and the presence of widely spaced corral features at sites along trails.…”

Ground truthing of remotely identified fortifications on the Central Coast of Perú

“…A.D. 1450e1532). The Peruvian coast is an ideal place to examine warfare because it has long been at the heart of theoretical debates regarding coercive processes in the development of complexity (Carneiro, 1970(Carneiro, , 1988Wilson, 1983Wilson, : 215, 1988. Based on existing knowledge, the first clear evidence for the construction of fortification in the Central Andes appears in the EH.…”

The Structural Paradox: Moche Culture as Political Ideology

“…Moche V settlement survey reveals that, apart from loss of the valleys from the Vini Valley south, the overall Moche settlement distribution remained much the same, comprising the entire Moche, Chicama, Jequetepeque and Zana Valleys (Figure 1) and the middle parts of the valleys farther north (Eling 1987;Schaedel 1985a;Shimada 1990:334-5), where non-Moche polities also persisted (Schaedel 1985a:448-449). However, data from the Moche V towns of Pampa Grande (Anders 1981;Haas 1985;Shimada 1976Shimada , 1978 and Galindo (Bawden 1977, 1982a, 1982b, 1983Moseley and Ortloff 1981;Topic 1991) clearly support iconographic and burial evidence for change. Located in the valley necks in order to control the main canal intakes and maximize agricultural capacity that had been significantly diminished during the ecological crisis of late Moche IV times (Moseley and Deeds 1982:38-39;Shimada et al 1991), these towns introduced an urban pattern of unprecedented complexity and administrative differentiation.…”