Title: Pyramids of Túcume :
Authors: Heyerdahl, Thor; Sandweiss, Daniel H.; Narváez, Alfredo.
Date: 1995
Publisher: Thames and Hudson,
Physical description: 240 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: "Well-illustrated synthesis of multi-year excavations at a city of the Lambayeque culture extending over 220 hectares with 26 major pyramids, and founded ca. AD 1100"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Contents: 1. Tucume and the Maritime Heritage of Peru's North Coast -- 2. Tucume: A Temple City Called Purgatory -- 3. Cultural Background and Regional Prehistory -- 4. The Pyramids of Tucume: The Monumental Sector -- 5. The Maritime Connection: Huaca Las Balsas -- 6. Life in Ancient Tucume: Sector V -- 7. Death in Ancient Tucume: The South Cemetery and Huaca Facho -- 8. Peak of the Past: La Raya Mountain -- 9. Tucume Past -- 10. Tucume and the Continuity of Peruvian Culture.
Subject headings (LCSH): Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru--Lambayeque (Province); Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru.; Indian architecture--Peru--Lambayeque (Province); Indians of Central America--Peru--Antiquities.; Indians of South America--Peru--Lambayeque (Province)--Antiquities.; Lambayeque (Peru : Province)--Antiquities.; Peru--Antiquities.; Pyramids--Peru.; Túcume Site (Peru)