Chimú Culture of Peru (1010s)

Name: Chimú Culture of Peru (1010s)
Start: 1010
End: 1019

Type Event Region South America Time 1010–1019

In the early 11th century, the Chimú polity in Peru's Moche Valley expanded, centering on the adobe capital of Chan Chan;…

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1010–1019Chan Chan site · PeruOne of the world's largest pre-Columbian adobe cities continued to expand; compartmentalized palaces, storage, and ritual spaces reflected hereditary rulers' control over corvée labor, tribute, and craft production; wall reliefs and metalwork reflected Chimú elite artistic traditions.
1011–1019Moche–Chimú valleys, north coast of Peru · North CoastThe Chimú integrated multiple valley settlements by controlling irrigation systems, fisheries, and coastal trade, forming a regional hegemony; agricultural surpluses supported the capital's population and craft specialization, laying the foundation for one of the largest pre-Inca coastal polities in the Andes.

Chan Chan: Andean Desert City — Michael E. Moseley; Kent C. Day (1982)
The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru — Michael E. Moseley (2001)