Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex

Why it mattersKey Chimú (Chan Chan 9 palaces 100k pop) buried-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

1200–1400 CE successive palaces Nik An 1400 CE

Period

Chimú (1200–1470 CE Chimu Empire; Tschudi palace 1400 CE last Nik An)

Culture

Chimú (Chan Chan 9 palaces 100k pop)

Purpose

Largest adobe city in world — 20 km², 9 palaces walled 20 m high with relief friezes of fish-birds-net and citadel 400 m × 200 m and funerary platform

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1932

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. c. 1500 BCE major extension

   Major expansion / refurbishment at Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex

2. 1200–1400 CE successive palaces Nik An 1400 CE

   Initial construction / first occupation at Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex

• Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex — Principal Structure

  structure

  structure at Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex — primary structure

  8.1095° S · 79.0762° W

• Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex — Northern Complex

  complex

  complex at Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex — hydraulic feature

  8.1101° S · 79.0775° W

• Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex — Southern Rock Art

  rock art

  rock art at Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex — outlier feature

  8.1109° S · 79.0782° W

• Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex — Eastern Structure

  structure

  structure at Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex — primary structure

  8.1088° S · 79.0794° W