MOJEQUE - MOXEQUE - SCALE MODEL OF CASMA REGIONAL MUSEUM

Complex that give us lights over urbanism in the Andean Area, because it exhibits good planning in the distribution of his constructive units and the organization of the occupied space.

LOCATION

It is located about 16 kilometers of Casma, following by the highway to Huaraz, about 2 kilometers beyond the dovert that leads to the archaeological site of Sechín, exists a dirt road trail on the brink of madness a hill, that after 7 kilometers through "Pampa Rosario", cross through the place before arriving at the present town of Moxeke (Mojeque).

Another form to orient itself is that Mojeque is to the South of the denominated San Francisco hill chain, this is to the right margin of the Casma river, in an alluvial plain with more than 50 hectares of extension.

The access is by a divert of the Casma - Huaraz highway, that leaves from a granitic spur alongside cut up to the east of the "Laguna Hill", that cross the irrigation channel Sechin, flow at pampa El Rosario, and advancing towards the east is a narrow pass formed by hills San Francisco and Mucho Malo, crossing appears the archaeological complex.

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONE

From 1937, because Julio C. Tello divided it, it is known as "Pampa de Llamas", the south sector, and Mojeque, to the North sector.

In fact, Pampa de Llamas and Mojeque are parts of a same populated center that obey to a very early planning in the Casma river basin.

This is made up of many constructions of stones and "adobes" (bricks of mud)(conical, trunkated cone and paralelepípedos), where it excels a great building denominated by "Tello": Waka A, of rectangular plant, constituted by enclosures to checkerboard way, with lateral accesses, and communicated well.

Lateral to the great building there are two square semisunk and framed by stepped walls. The square of side north east extends with a small almost rectangular enclosure in whose center it is a circular well.

The building constituted a great palace done with conical "adobes" and stones with mud mortar; the walls plastered with care, have mural painting and multicolor (polícromos) reliefs in the facade of main places, like the unfinished personages discovered by Thomas Pozorski, in addition, the present curved corners in repetitive form and the stony sculpture with the representation of a hand and a bifid serpent, remember the style of the architecture and sculpture of Sechín, to which is culturally related.

It is important to indicate that this Palace and the Temple of Mojeque is in the same axis and tie by five contiguous square between both, that assure the unit of the archaeological group.

Lateral to the Palace are several square enclosures with curved corners and dependent to him. Also, emphasize the planned disposition of two extensive groups of constructions, lateral and equidistant of the Palace, constituted by small temples, portable altars, yards, streets, houses and deposits. Is unquestionable the due planning.

By the side south west of the Palace, it crosses a pre hispanic way formed by two stone rows, that start in the foot of the San Francisco Hill and finish in the archaeological city "El Purgatorio" with connection Wari.

After this way and in the perimeter of a square there are meander tracks corresponding to old agricultural furrows, probably Chimú.

Most of their constructions corresponds to Early the Formativo Period, with a greater antiquity to the 1,700 years before our era and they are of Sechin connection. Also there are constructions of influence Santa, Wari, Chimu and Casma Chimu.

It is another group with ample square, room units, terraces, cemeteries; emphasizing a great staggered pyramid, whose terraces communicate by means of steps from the main entrance to side Northwest.

The pyramid was raised with stones and mud mortar, although also it was used conical "adobes" that appear upon the third platform. It has square floor, curved corners, measures approximately 170 meters by side and more than 25 meters of height.

The first steps leads to a platform where there is an ample lobby, then start another steps that carry to an inner gallery, over that there is a square enclosure of curved corners. Above they are other high terraces with structures badly conserved. The walls of this pyramid were plastered, with multicolor reliefs, painting mural and must have recorded stones.

But the really spectacular thing of Moxeke rests are the called idols and other multicolor images, found in the third platform which is divided by a lobby. Tello discovered to right side six enormous idols done with stones and mud within a great "hornacinas" of 3.90 meters of height. These multicolor reliefs are human reasons, represent faces and upper half body; among them there are other reliefs, incomplets, with desing of serpent forms of figures partially destroy.

MOJEQUE - REPLICA OF MULTICOLOR IDOL POLICROMO TO NORMAL SIZE

They used the colors: red, green-emerald, blue, black, yellow and other shades.

MOJEQUE - MULTICOLOR IDOL

MOJEQUE - MULTICOLOR IDOL

This architecture and monumental sculpture to the Sechín style, were one of the most important temples of the area. It belongs to Early Formativo Period and has 3,700 years of antiquity.

Source: Series Arqueologica Nº 12

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