Artifacts: Chan Chan, Tiwanaku, & Huaca de la Luna Grade 8
C.Kemnitz
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Geography All of the sites are located in the Pacific coast in
South America Chan Chan Tiwanaku Huaca de la Luna Chan Chan Located
in the Peru, five km west of Trujillo Huaca de la Luna Located in
Peru, 8 km South the modern city of Trujillo, near the mouth of the
Moche River valley. Tiwanaku located near the southern shores of
Lake Titicaca on the Altiplano, at an altitude of 3,850 m.
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Geography Trujillo Huaca de la Luna Chan Chan Tiwanaku -Moche
-Chim -Tiwanaku
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Site: Huaca de la Luna Built by the Moche Part of The Huacas de
del Sol y de la Luna (Temple of the Sun and Moon) located 8 km
south the modern city of Trujillo, near the mouth of the Moche
River valley, northern coast of Peru Huaca de la Luna was occupied
between about 500 and 800 AD, and its construction includes three
large platform mounds with adjacent plazas 70 bodies were found
buried around the base of the site Adult males between the ages of
15 and 39; their bones exhibited evidence of unusually strong
musculature and both old (healed) fractures and recent ones. The
exterior walls of the platforms are covered with the remnants of
mural paintings and sculptured reliefs
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Site: Huaca de la Luna
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Moche Ceramic Style Color-used slips, solid color/unpainted
(black/green) Commonly painted red/orange on white Painted 3
vertical stripes Patterns Triangles I\I\I\I\ or I/I/I/I Portrait
sculptures Common animals Deer, Llamas, Felines
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Huaca de la Luna Ceramics Found at: Huaca de la Luna
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Ceramics: Huaca de la Luna
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Huaca de la Luna-Artifacts
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Site: Chan Chan Chan Chan was the capital of the Chim kingdom
(AD 850-1470) located on the north coast of Peru. Chan Chan's
heyday was between AD 1200 and 1470, when it was conquered by the
Inca Chan Chan includes an area of 2.5 square miles Included some
10 enclosed palace complexes, 35 intermediate or elite residential
compounds, and thousands of small rooms. Population-Unknown
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Site: Chan Chan
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Chim Ceramic Style Color monochromatic (Black/polished) green
unpolished Texture Bumpy (gooseflesh) Vessel shapes Whistle bottle
beehive shape Monkey figure hugging spouts Patterns Waves/water
Common themes people/anthropomorphic creatures Fruit Animals Fish,
Llama, Birds, Monkeys Double spouts
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Ceramics Found at: Chan Chan
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Ceramics: Chan Chan
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Similarities: Moche & Chim Ceramic Styles Material- terra
cotta Sitting figure statues Stirrup spout handles Sculpted animals
Use of molds Head vessels Different Moche- painted Chim- sculpted
Plate/bowl shape Double handle Feline figure Moche had more feline
figures Headdresses Moche more variety Themes War/battle
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Tiwanaku (Tiahuanco) The capital site of the Tiwanaku Tiwanaku
began as a small settlement around 1200 BCE At its height it
covered an area of about 1.5-2 sq miles Extensive monumental stone
architecture Distinctive iconographic styles in stone and ceramics
Akapana The most imposing monument at Tiwanaku Large terraced
pyramid built out of stone Gate of the Sun one of the most
important specimens of the art of Tiwanaku. It was made from a
single slab of andesite cut to form a large doorway with niches on
either side. Above the doorway is an elaborate bas-relief frieze
depicting a central deity, standing on a stepped platform, wearing
an elaborate head-dress, and holding a staff in each hand. T The
ensemble has been interpreted as an agricultural calendar.
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Tiwanaku: Akapana
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Tiwanaku: Gate of the Sun
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Tiwanaku Ceramic Style a common vessel style- a kero motifs
varied but there was also standardization in the usage of slips and
colors, Mainly decorated with geometric motifs and feline heads and
stylized condor. Used molds Paint-fine lines made with a common
orange paste with a temper used to achieve durability during and
after firing. Depending on the color, vessels may have been painted
before or after firing, and decorated with common motifs or design
Often vessels were only slipped prior to firing and then painted
and decorated, allowing bright colors and intricate detailing