Excavaciones en San Jacinto, templo en “U” en el valle de Chancay

Abstract

Excavations at San Jacinto: A U-Shaped Temple in the Chancay Valley

San Jacinto is the largest U-shaped complex in the Chancay valley. By excavations in 1993 the author was able to propose a fourfold sequence based on ceramic typology and comparisons, especially with Ancon and Curayacu. In phase III evidence of contacts with other sites appear as well as the "Dragonian" style, also found at Ancon, Huacoy, Garagay and Chavin de Huantar, while in phase IV Janabarriu-ceramics seem to be dominant. These ceramic changes apparently are linked to architectural modification of a complex interpreted as the center of a social political system dominating the lower and middle Chancay Valley.