Architecture and Growth

One of the most important results of ongoing excavations are the new interpretations of the site. The Huacas are no longer meaningless and shapeless hills of adobe. We now know that they were structures that grew over time, and that their size is the result of successive «entombments» by which earlier structures were filled in and covered to make way for new ones. By filling in and covering the older structures with adobe bricks, Moche architects created fresh surfaces or platforms on which they built their new constructions. We know that the Huaca de la Luna underwent at least six construction phases spanning almost 600 years. As a result, it rises almost 32 meters above the plain separating the two Huacas.

These structures were covered in patios and enclosures connected by corridors and ramps. Some of the enclosures were roofed and embellished with murals or friezes painted in striking colors.

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