Chan Chan was the largest city in all of Precolumbian America, and it was hard to take in the scale when you walked around the site. Today, in many areas, the mud-brick architecture has melted away due to rains. For this project, we documented two walled complexes known as Tschudi and Rivero.
Excavations are ongoing at Chahuac An within the UNESCO World heritage site of Chan Chan
The mud reliefs at Chan Chan depict marine imagery like sea birds and fishing nets
Working underneath the covered funerary complex at Palacio Rivero
Looking out toward the walled complex of Palacio Tschudi
Providing a workshop on 3D documentation for Heritage
THe adjacent complex of Huaca de la Luna is well known for the polychromatic imagery
A nightjar hides among the ruins at Chan Chan
