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DISCOVERIES OF MOCHE CERAMICS IN THE CASMA VALLEY, PERU

Abstract In 1980, investigations by the authors recovered the first well-documented evidence of the Moche culture in the Casma Valley, Peru. This evidence includes the intrusive burial of a small child within a courtyard at the Early Horizon site of San Diego, and some surface ceramics collected from a small cemetery near the Initial Period site of Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke. Analysis of the ceramics shows that they pertain to the Moche Phase III. An uncalibrated radiocarbon date of a.d. 145 ± 95, obtained from some twigs associated with the burial, indicates the relatively early presence of the Moche in the valley. The evidence is not strong enough to indicate an actual Moche occupation of the valley. However, this evidence may possibly represent the presence of a Moche colony or outpost just south of the Moche site of Panamarca in the neighboring Nepeña Valley.