Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition
Late Moche / Transitional (600–800 CE) to Wari influence·Late Moche → Wari (transitional Moche V to coastal Wari)·🇵🇪 La Libertad, Moche Valley, 15 km inland, Galindo plain, near Cerro Galindo, Peru
About
About Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition
Moche transition Galindo excavated by Bawden 1980s, Wari presence after Moche southern collapse. Recorded context — Period: Late Moche / Transitional (600–800 CE) to Wari influence; Culture: Late Moche → Wari (transitional Moche V to coastal Wari); Field status: partially excavated; Materials: adobe, quincha, Wari pottery; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Late Moche → Wari (transitional Moche V to coastal Wari) ancient-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 600 CE
- Period
- Late Moche / Transitional (600–800 CE) to Wari influence
- Culture
- Late Moche → Wari (transitional Moche V to coastal Wari)
- Purpose
- Late Moche inland refuge (6 ha walled) with Wari ceramics — Moche elite move 10 km inland after drought 600 CE
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1926
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition
c. 600 CE
Initial construction / first occupation at Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition
On the ground
Structures & features
8.0250° S · 78.8720° W · 180 m · 4 mapped features
- Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition — subsidiary complex8.0268° S · 78.8729° W
- Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition — hydraulic feature8.0245° S · 78.8713° W
- Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition — Rock_Art Annex 3rock artrock art at Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition — hydraulic feature8.0234° S · 78.8727° W
- Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition — Structure Annex 4structurestructure at Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition — outlier feature8.0233° S · 78.8704° W