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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

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Tiwanaku: Ceramic Shapes

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Tiwanaku Ceramics Found at: Tiwanaku

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Ceramics: Tiwanaku

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