El uso del fuego en el complejo arqueológico de las huacas del Sol y de la Luna, Perú. Un primer ensayo de tipología de las áreas de combustión

Abstract

Little attention has been given to the study of combustion structures in the Prehispanic urban sites of the Central Andes. Our study focused on a sample of the combustion areas registered during the 20 years of research at Huacas del Sol y de la Luna. This study begins with a proposed typology for these structures, as well as an initial proposal concerning their functionality based an analysis of their architectural context, as well as ethnohistoric and ethnographic studies. Future chemical and physical analyses of the structures as well as the associated sediments, complemented by experimental tests will permit the evaluation of our initial proposal.

Keywords

• combustion areas
• typology
• Moche culture
• huacas del Sol y de la Luna