Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781931745895)

Christopher Donnan's Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend, explores one of the most intriguing oral histories passed down among ancient Peruvians: the legend of Naymlap, the founder of a dynasty that ruled the Lambayeque Valley of northern Peru centuries before European contact. Naymlap is said to have built his palace at a place that many now consider to be the archaeological sites of Chotuna and Chornancap. In an effort to test the validity of the Naymlap legend, Donnan directed extensive archaeological excavations at Chotuna and Chornancap--completing plans of the monumental architecture, mapping and excavating most of the major structures, and developing a chronology for the sites. This book presents the results of these excavations and demonstrates the extent to which the archaeological evidence correlates with the sequence of events described in the Naymlap legend.

Author: Christopher B. Donnan
ISBN-10: 1931745897
ISBN-13: 9781931745895
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Language: English
Published: 01/12/2012
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.50w x 0.90d