Sipán Royal Tombs — Huaca Rajada
Moche Middle (250–400 CE)·Moche (Sipán)·🇵🇪 Lambayeque Region, Peru
About
About Sipán Royal Tombs — Huaca Rajada
Sipán Royal Tombs — Huaca Rajada in Lambayeque Region, Peru is a Moche Middle (250–400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Moche (Sipán). Adobe platform cemetery with intact royal tombs of Lord of Sipán (gold masks, tumi). Alva: 1987 intact royal tomb Lord of Sipán with 451 gold objects, nose ornaments.
Why it mattersType-site for highland Moche (Sipán) occupation
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Culture chronology refinement
- 02Imperial administration model
Theories
- 01Defensive puna adaptation
- 02Wari imperial expansion
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 300 CE
- Period
- Moche Middle (250–400 CE)
- Culture
- Moche (Sipán)
- Purpose
- Adobe platform cemetery with intact royal tombs of Lord of Sipán (gold masks, tumi)
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 300 CE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
6.8050° S · 79.6000° W · 30 m · 3 mapped features
Sipán Royal Tombs — Huaca Rajada — Plaza and Platform Core
plazaCentral plaza and platform mound
6.8048° S · 79.5999° WSipán Royal Tombs — Huaca Rajada — Residential Sector
residentialDomestic sector
6.8052° S · 79.5998° WSipán Royal Tombs — Huaca Rajada — Cemetery Extension
necropolisAssociated shaft or chamber cemetery
6.8046° S · 79.6002° W