La dinámica del valle de Casma durante el Periodo Inicial

Abstract

Casma Valley Dynamics during the Initial Period

Some of the major and most spectacular architectural complexes built in the New World are located in the Casma Valley during the Initial Period (2500-1000 B.C.). In this paper the authors present preliminary results of this excavations providing information about the relationships between the two principal sites, Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke and the Sechin Alto Complex. Evidence on architecture, ceramics and other artifacts also show connections with other coastal sites of the area. The early development in the Casma valley apparently was autonomous with limited connections with other contemporaneous sites.