Northern Peru Pre-Inca Societies
Saturday, March 10th, 2007I went to Trujillo on the nothern coast of Peru to see the famous ruins of the Moche and Chimu civilizations. Trujillo is in a desert and it is the second largest city in Peru with two million residents. It is a dump although the old colonial section is quite nice and there are some good archaeological reasons to be there. The Moche people were spread over the coastal area during a period (100 BC – 650 AD) when it was not such a desert and was actually lush. Imagine that, another example of the Earth’s environment changing drastically before the Industrial Age!