This document contains images and descriptions of archaeological sites, artifacts, and cultural developments in Peru between approximately 900-1550 CE. It features photos of gold masks, vessels, and other objects from the Lambayeque and Chimu cultures, as well as drawings and plans of major sites like Chan Chan and Kuelap. The document provides an overview of the diverse artistic and architectural traditions that flourished in coastal and highland Peru during the Late Intermediate and Late Horizon periods.
5. Lambayeque (Sic叩n), some of the nearly 200 gold beakers from a tomb at
Huaca El Corte, Bat叩n Grande, Late Intermediate Period, c. 900 1100 CE,
Height of largest beaker = 10 村 in. (26 cm)
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6. Aerial view of some of the over 100,000 looters pits that pockmark Bat叩n
Grande
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7. Lambayeque mask, repouss辿 gold with traces of copper and cinnabar, Late
Intermediate Period, c. 900 1100 CE
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8. Lambayeque mask, repouss辿 gold with traces of copper and cinnabar, Late
Intermediate Period, c. 900 1100 CE, Width = 19 遜 in. (49.5 cm)
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9. Gold mask and headdress ornaments excavated from a tomb in Huaca Loro,
Bat叩n Grande, Late Intermediate Period, c. 900 1100 CE, Width of mask =
18.1 in. (46 cm)
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10. Lambayeque ceremonial knives (tumi), Late Intermediate Period, c. 900
1100 CE, gold, silver, and turquoise
Left: Height = 14 村 in. (36.2 cm)
Right: Height = 13 in. (33 cm)
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11. Pair of gold ear ornaments, Lambayeque, Late Intermediate Period, c. 900
1100 CE, Diameter of each = 3 遜 in. (6.1 cm)
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12. Lambayeque ceramics, Late Intermediate Period, c. 900 1100 CE
Left: Spouted bottle with strap handle, Height = 6 遜 in. (16.5 cm)
Right: Double-spout and bridge vessel, Height = 8 in. (20.3 cm)
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13. Chim炭 stirrup-spout vessels, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
Left: Height = 8 他 in. (22.2 cm)
Right: Height = 11 1/8 in. (28 村 cm)
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14. Chim炭 vessels made from silver, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
Left: Height = 9 村 in. (23.5 cm)
Right: Height = 8 村 in. (21 cm)
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15. Chan Chan
Left: Aerial view of the city
Right: Plan of the city with ciudadelas shaded and named
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16. Plan of typical ciudadela, Chan Chan, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100
1450 CE
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17. Tschudi Ciudadela, Chan Chan, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
Top Left: Passageway
Bottom Right: Main Plaza
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18. Tschudi Ciudadela, Chan Chan, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
Top Left: view of eroded walls with lattice structures
Top Right: Walk-in well
Bottom: Chamber with wall niches
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19. Reconstructed adobe walls of Tschudi ciudadela, Chan Chan, Late
Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
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20. Details of adobe friezes from Tschudi Ciudadela, Chan Chan, Late
Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
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22. Chim炭, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
Left: Discontinuous warp-weft textile, 82 x 63 7/8 in. (162.2 x 208.3 cm)
Right: Frieze from Gran Chim炭 Ciudadela
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23. Chim炭 tapestry tunic, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE, Width = 44
遜 in. (113 cm)
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24. Chim炭 tunic with applied silver plaques and feathers, Late Intermediate
Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
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25. Chim炭 featherwork, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
Left: crown, height = 10 村 in. (26 cm)
Right: tunic, height = 25 in. (63.5 cm)
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26. Chancay culture, Central Coast, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
Openwork cotton textile with birds and snakes
30 x 30 3/8 in. (76 村 x 77 遜 cm)
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27. Chancay, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
Left: Detail of a tapestry woven textile
Center: Cloth sculpture of a woman, height = 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Right: Cloth sculpture of a weaver instructing her daughter, height = 12 5/8 in.
(32 cm)
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28. Chancay ceramic figures, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1100 1450 CE
Left: Height = 18 村 in. (46.3 cm)
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30. Kuelap, Chachapoyas culture, Northern Highlands of Peru, Late Intermediate
Period, c. 900 1450 CE, Length = 680 m (2,231 ft.)
Top Left: Plan of site
Bottom Left: Aerial photograph of site
Top Right: View down onto main entrance
Bottom Right: View of fortification wall
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34. Gran Pajat辿n, Chachapoyas culture, Northern Highlands of Peru, Late
Horizon, c. 1400 1550 CE
Top & Bottom Left: Examples of mosaic masonry from exterior of circular
structures
Top Right: Reconstruction drawing of Structure 1, diameter = 13 meters (42
2/3 ft.)
Bottom Right: Plan of site
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35. Los Pinchudos, a cliff-side tomb near Gran Pajat辿n with six wooden figures
hanging from the cornice
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