Continuidad y cambio en la organización de los espacios arquitectónicos de Huaca de la Luna y Plataforma A de Galindo, costa norte del Perú

Abstract

Traditional perspectives concerning the series of events marking the transition between the Early Intermediate Period and the Middle Horizon in the Moche Valley indicate a rapid abandonment of the Huacas del Sol y Luna site, related to the development of the new urban center of Galindo. Archaeological evidence gathered during the last decade indicates a much longer occupation of the Huacas del Sol y Luna site. Moreover, architectural compound of Platform A at Galindo is reminiscent of a public plaza adjacent to Huaca de la Luna. The article examines architectural similarities and differences between these monumental compounds, in the framework of the contemporaneity between the two pre-Hispanic urban centers of the North Coast of Peru.

Keywords

• Huaca de la Luna
• Galindo
• plaza
• platform
• public architecture
• refit