﻿Vol.2] 
  ARCHEOLOGY 
  OF 
  CENTRAL 
  ANDES 
  — 
  BENNETT 
  89 
  

  

  (7) 
  Virti, 
  Valley. 
  Chavfn 
  ceramics 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  graves 
  near 
  the 
  Hacienda 
  

   of 
  San 
  Ildefonso. 
  

  

  (8) 
  Moche 
  Valley. 
  At 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Moche, 
  typical 
  Mochica 
  Period 
  graves 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  a 
  few 
  vessels 
  with 
  Chavin-influenced 
  designs. 
  

  

  (9) 
  Chicama 
  Valley. 
  The 
  sites 
  of 
  El 
  Salinar, 
  Palenque, 
  and 
  Santa 
  Ana 
  all 
  con- 
  

   tain 
  Coast 
  Chavin 
  graves 
  with 
  ceramics, 
  and 
  bone, 
  stone, 
  and 
  shell 
  objects. 
  The 
  

   fact 
  that 
  these 
  graves 
  contain 
  only 
  Chavfn 
  materials, 
  plus 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  some 
  graves 
  

   are 
  stratigraphically 
  below 
  Mochica 
  burials, 
  is 
  important 
  in 
  demonstrating 
  the 
  

   antiquity 
  of 
  Chavin. 
  In 
  a 
  dry 
  quebrada 
  off 
  of 
  Chicama 
  Valley 
  many 
  Coast 
  

   Chavin 
  fragments 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  The 
  quebrada, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  the 
  style, 
  is 
  

   named 
  Cupisnique 
  (see 
  Larco 
  Hoyle, 
  this 
  volume, 
  pp. 
  149-155). 
  

  

  (10) 
  Pacasmayo 
  Valley. 
  Some 
  Coast 
  Chavfn 
  graves 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  here. 
  

  

  (11) 
  Lambayeque 
  Valley. 
  At 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Batan 
  Grande, 
  refuse 
  materials 
  which 
  

   included 
  fragments 
  of 
  Coast 
  Chavfn 
  style 
  were 
  found 
  stratigraphically 
  under 
  the 
  

   Chimu 
  Period. 
  At 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Chongoyape, 
  two 
  important 
  graves 
  were 
  found 
  with 
  

   pottery 
  of 
  Coast 
  Chavfn 
  style 
  (pi. 
  18, 
  top, 
  a, 
  c) 
  and 
  numerous 
  gold 
  objects 
  with 
  

   hammered 
  relief 
  in 
  Chavfn-design 
  style. 
  From 
  an 
  unknown 
  locale 
  in 
  Lambayeque 
  

   Valley, 
  a 
  carved 
  shell 
  with 
  Chavfn 
  design 
  was 
  discovered. 
  

  

  (12) 
  Piura 
  Valley. 
  A 
  local 
  collection 
  contains 
  one 
  Coast 
  Chavfn 
  vessel, 
  pre- 
  

   sumably 
  from 
  this 
  area. 
  

  

  The 
  Coast 
  Chavin 
  sites 
  present 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  new 
  materials 
  not 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  Highlands. 
  The 
  evidence 
  for 
  the 
  antiquity 
  of 
  Chavin 
  has 
  been 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  discussing 
  the 
  sites. 
  Everything 
  points 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   Chavin 
  is 
  older 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  known 
  styles 
  or 
  periods 
  on 
  the 
  Coast. 
  

   The 
  architectural 
  remains 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  Coast 
  Chavin 
  are 
  quite 
  

   different 
  from 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  Highlands. 
  The 
  simplest 
  constructions 
  

   are 
  rough 
  lines 
  of 
  stone 
  or 
  rough 
  stone 
  circles. 
  These 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  

   Puerto 
  de 
  Supe 
  and 
  at 
  Cupisnique. 
  In 
  Nepefia 
  are 
  more 
  elaborate 
  

   buildings 
  with 
  platforms, 
  stairways, 
  and 
  room 
  enclosures 
  made 
  of 
  

   rough 
  stones 
  and 
  long, 
  fluted, 
  conical 
  adobes. 
  The 
  walls 
  are 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  clay 
  plaster 
  which 
  is 
  frequently 
  incised 
  and 
  painted. 
  Kound 
  

   clay 
  columns 
  are 
  associated. 
  In 
  Casma, 
  Coast 
  Chavin 
  is 
  associated 
  

   with 
  rough 
  stone 
  buildings, 
  platforms, 
  terraces, 
  and 
  steps. 
  Still 
  more 
  

   elaborate 
  buildings 
  may 
  someday 
  be 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  Coast 
  Chavin 
  

   Period. 
  

  

  The 
  Coast 
  Chavin 
  ceramics 
  at 
  Ancon 
  and 
  Puerto 
  de 
  Supe 
  are 
  amaz- 
  

   ingly 
  similar 
  in 
  shape, 
  color, 
  and 
  design 
  to 
  those 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  Highland 
  

   Chavin 
  site. 
  Elsewhere, 
  the 
  Coast 
  Chavin 
  ceramics, 
  although 
  clearly 
  

   related 
  to 
  Highland 
  Chavin, 
  are 
  more 
  elaborate 
  (fig. 
  4). 
  A 
  typical 
  

   vessel 
  has 
  a 
  thick 
  stirrup-spout 
  with 
  flattened 
  rim 
  edge. 
  The 
  ceramic 
  

   design 
  still 
  includes 
  the 
  simpler 
  incised 
  geometric 
  elements, 
  but 
  also 
  

   copies 
  the 
  Chavin 
  stone-carding 
  style. 
  In 
  Chicama, 
  fine-incised 
  de- 
  

   signs, 
  deep-carved 
  vessels, 
  two-color 
  vessels 
  with 
  the 
  color 
  areas, 
  

   separated 
  by 
  incisions, 
  and 
  modeled 
  wares 
  are 
  all 
  characteristic. 
  

   Roots, 
  human 
  figures, 
  dogs, 
  felines, 
  monkeys, 
  and 
  lobsters 
  are 
  por- 
  

   trayed 
  in 
  the 
  modeled 
  vessels. 
  Open 
  bowls 
  and 
  collar 
  jars 
  are 
  less 
  

   frequently 
  found. 
  

  

  