Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru: The Architecture and Pottery

Recipient of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize During the Late Intermediate period (AD 1100—1470), the lower Canete Valley of Peru was controlled by the walled Kingdom of Huarco. While inland sites produced irrigated crops, the seaside community of Cerro Azul, 130 km south of Lima, produced fish for the rest of the kingdom. Cerro Azul's noble families lived in large, multipurpose compounds with tapia walls. Their pottery had its strongest ties with valleys to the south, such as Chincha and...