Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend

by Christopher B. Donnan

Book Overview

Christopher Donnan's Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend, explores one of the most intriguing oral histories passed down among ancient Peruvians: the legend of Naymlap, the founder of a dynasty that ruled the Lambayeque Valley of northern Peru centuries before European contact. Naymlap is said to have built his palace at a place that many now consider to be the archaeological sites of Chotuna and Chornancap. In an effort...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931745897
• ISBN13: 9781931745895
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.9"