著者

松本 亮三 横山 玲子 齋藤 秀樹

出版者

東海大学

雑誌

東海大学紀要. 文学部 (ISSN:05636760)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.67, pp.148-172, 1997

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The Scientific Expedition to the New World conducted the stratigrafical excavations at the archaeological complex of Campamento de Paredones from July 29th to October 1st, 1996. The site lies in the hot chaupiyunga ecological zone drained by the Chancay River, one of the main tributaries of the Lambayeque drainage system, and occupies a strategic point connecting the Lambayeque coastal zone with the Cajamarca highlands to the east. We concentrated the excavations in the Sectors E (Platform E) and G (Plaza G) aiming to clarify the site formation process, and could tentatively divide the whole cultural sequence into four successive phases, all belonging to the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 900-1476). Thy are, from the lowest upward : the Raccarumi, Paredones, Carniche and Chongoyape phases. Although the analyses of the excavated materials have not yet been completed, we can suggest the following at present. 1) The site was occupied as an independent regional administrative-ceremonial center during the whole Late Intermediate Period with some architectural modifications in each phase. 2) The last Chongoyape phase represents the Chimu conquest and its subsequent occupation, narrated in the oral tradition documented by a Spanish chronicler, Miguel Cabello de Balboa in the late 16th century. And 3) Campamento de Paredones flourished all through the Late Intermediate Period playing a pivotal role in the socio-cultural exchanges between the coastal and highland ecological zones in the northern part of the Central Andean prehistoric cultural area.