Archaeological Heritage in a Modern Urban Landscape The Ancient Moch
Archaeological Heritage in a Modern Urban Landscape evaluates issues about the preservation, social role and management of archaeological sites in the Trujillo area, north coast of Peru, specifically those of the Moche culture (100-800 AD). Moche was one
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Jorge Gamboa
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SpringerBriefs in Archaeology Archaeological Heritage Management
Series Editors Douglas C. Comer Helaine Silverman Willem J.H. Willems
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Jorge Gamboa
Archaeological Heritage in a Modern Urban Landscape The Ancient Moche in Trujillo, Peru
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Jorge Gamboa Universidad Nacional Santiago Antunez de Mayolo Huaraz Peru
ISSN 1861-6623 ISSN 2192-4910 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Archaeology ISSN 2192-5313 ISSN 2192-5321 (electronic) Archaeological Heritage Management ISBN 978-3-319-15469-5 ISBN 978-3-319-15470-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15470-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015932245 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
It is a pleasure to write the foreword to this important monograph. The topic of the management of archaeological sites within urban zones is of the greatest significance in this era of worldwide urban development and agro-industrial expansion. I do not refer to historic urban districts in which “old” buildings are part of the city fabric, still in use although often with changed functions. Rather, the issue tackled by archaeologist Jorge Gamboa is what happens to “dead” archaeological sites that become surrounded by contemporary urban settlements. In Peru this phenomenon is particularly interesting because most of these sites are not in the middle of cities but rather at their margins, in what Mr. Gamboa labels the periurban zones occupied by migrants, typically highland migrants to the coast, specifically, in this volume, the north coast. Here it is possible to observe a social context in which residents are culturally unrelated
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