Las residencias Moches : un primer análisis de la sintaxis espacial en las huacas del Sol y de la Luna, Perú

This paper presents a first approximation obtained from the use of space syntax in residential households in the ancient Moche city (s. VII-IX AD). Studies in the site of Temples of the Sun and Moon have elucidated that during the last centuries of occupation, the theocratic system collapsed and a change began towards a new political and ideological system by the new ruling elites. The analyses have allowed us to understand the logic of built space in three households complex and show a high understanding of hierarchy and spatial distribution by its former inhabitants. Obviously, the use of archaeology of architecture in societies like the Moche requires more studies, because these households have very complex internal divisions, where the spatial unit does not always work independently, but in many cases are linked with other constituting a complex functional space. [Publication abstract]