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ID: 7018634
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018634
Record Type:
administrative
Sipán (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 06 48 37 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -6.8100
decimal degrees
Long: 079 36 06 W
degrees minutes
Long: -79.6010
decimal degrees
Note:
A Moche site that flourished from the 1st-6th century CE, noted for three adobe pyramids that once contained magnificent treasures of gold, silver, and copper jewelry.
Names:
Sipán
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
Spanish
,
U
,
N
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Peru
(nation) (
P
)
............
Lambayeque
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Sipán
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
............
inhabited by 1st century CE
archaeological site (
C
)
............
was heavily looted before current excavation was begun in 1987
inhabited place (
H
)
Mochica (Moche) (
H
)
Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....
Dos Cabezas
.......... (deserted settlement)
..............................
(World, South America, Peru, Lambayeque) [7026062]
Sources and Contributors:
Sipán..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
New World, Archaeology (1995)
M
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
New World, Archaeology (1995)
M
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
New World, Archaeology (1995)
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