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 of the great civilizations
of ancient Peru with spectacular ceremonial adobe architecture and settlements distributed
across a landscape formed by coastal valleys and one of the largest deserts of South America.
In the last decades political and economic changes have brought rural migrations to the city of
Trujillo and nearby zones causing the emergence of extensive new communities in the margins of
the metropolis. And although Trujillös Moche heritage has become a symbol of regional identity
most local Moche sites are under siege because of urban development. This book offers a new
perspective on the development of modern communities settled beside archaeological sites and
contributes to improving best practices in the management of archaeological sites and
preservation in an urban setting.
