Chotuna and Chornancap

Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend

by Christopher B. Donnan

Book cover: Chotuna and Chornancap

Extent: 280 pages

Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

Subjects: Anthropology, Archaeology of the Americas

Series: Monographs

Series volume number: 70

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(January 2012)

ISBN: 9781931745895

8.46 x 10.94 inches

Price: $45.00

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Hardback (Published)

(January 2012)

ISBN: 9781931745888

8.46 x 10.94 inches

Price: $75.00

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PDF (Published)

(December 2012)

ISBN: 9781938770173

Price: $36.00

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.

  • By (author) Christopher B. Donnan