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Multi-periodSite Name: Huaca Rajada Alternative Name: Split Ruin, SipanCountry: Peru
NOTE: This site is 1.009 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Chiclayo Nearest Village: Sipan
Latitude: 6.80114S Longitude: 79.60231W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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bat400 visited on 24th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The civic center associated with the famous "Lord of Sipan" tomb finds. Visible are the large adobe pyramids, and a burial platform. The tombs found in the burial platform remain open and contain simple reproductions of the tomb finds as well as signage describing the tombs.
The pyramids themselves are dramatically eroded, but careful examination shows the adobe brick structure. A nearby museum describes the Moche culture and multiple noble burials, but the finds from the tomb of the "Lord of Sipan" himself are in the museum of the Royal Tombs innearby Lambayeque City. Please visit here as well you show your support of the local village and the vendors who work near the museum.
Huaca Rajada is a massive adobe brick step pyramid in the Lambayeque Valley. It is the largest of three eroded pyramids on the Sipan site in the Mochican "Moche" archaeological district.
Huaca Rajada is thought to have been the "ceremonial" structure of the three. The second largest structure is thought to have been the "political" structure, and the third structure, a lower platform was the site of noble burials - the location of the famous tombs first excavated in 1987 - 1990 by Walter Alvas's team. Only the burial structure is protected by a roof to prevent further erosion. One may climb a small path onto the second pyramid where you can see the adobe structure in the continued erosion of the pyramid as well as fragments of ceramics. The area has revealed tombs of rulers or warrior priests of the Moche culture (50 to 700AD.) The "Lord of Sipan" tomb dates to 290 AD. The tomb's artistic finds of weapons and ornaments corroborated ceramic decoration that emphasized warfare, captive taking and human and animal sacrifice. The tombs are on display with recreations of the finds in durable copies of human remains and ornaments. There are also signage on site describing the tomb finds.
The Moche used river irrigation to support agriculture (squash, beans, peanuts).
There is also a small modern site museum, housing several additional tomb burials, presented in much the same fashion as the more famous tombs housed in the Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán, in the larger Lambayeque town.
Note: Recent finds, see comment. Three noble burials 20 meters from the "Lord of Sipan"'s tomb site.
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