In th? ?nci?nt P???vi?n cit? ?? Ch?n Ch?n, ?n int?i??in? ??ch???l??ic?l ?isc?v??? h?s sh?? li?ht ?n th? ???i?l ???ctic?s ?? th? Chimú civiliz?ti?n. A?ch???l??ists h?v? ?nc?v???? ? m?ss ???v? c?nt?inin? 25 t? 30 sk?l?t?ns, ??li?v?? t? ?? th? ?in?l ??stin? ?l?c? ?? th? ?lit? m?m???s ?? this s?ci?t?.
Th? ??m?ins w??? ???n? in ? c?m??ct ???? m??s??in? ?????xim?t?l? 107 s????? ???t, within th? ???m?? c??it?l ?? th? Chimú ?m?i??. This ?m?i?? th?iv?? ???in? th? 15th c?nt??? ?????? ?v?nt??ll? s?cc?m?in? t? th? Inc?s in 1470 AD. D?s?it? th? Chimú c?lt???’s ?ss?ci?ti?n with h?m?n s?c?i?ic?s, th??? is c????ntl? n? ?vi??nc? s????stin? th?t s?ch ???ctic?s t??k ?l?c? ?t this s??ci?ic sit?.
Whil? th? ?x?ct c??s?s ?? ???th ??m?in ?nkn?wn, ??s???ch??s ?l?n t? c?n??ct ???th?? t?sts t? ?n??v?l this m?st???. Th? ?isc?v??? ?????s v?l???l? insi?hts int? th? ??n????? c?st?ms ?n? s?ci?l st??ct??? ?? th? Chimú civiliz?ti?n.
Th? Chimú w??? ? ???-Inc?n c?lt??? th?t ?m????? ???m th? ??mn?nts ?? th? M?ch? c?lt??? ?l?n? th? P???vi?n c??st ????n? 900 AD. Occ???in? ? st?i? ?? ??s??t ??tw??n th? P?ci?ic Oc??n ?n? th? An??s, th? Chimú th?iv?? ??tw??n th? 14th ?n? 15th c?nt??i?s, ?st??lishin? ? c?m?l?x s?ci?t? ch???ct??iz?? ?? v??i??s l?v?ls ?? s?ci?l hi????ch?.
Unlik? m?n? m?ss ???v?s ???n? in ?n? ????n? th? ?nci?nt cit?, which ??t?n ??s?lt?? ???m h?m?n s?c?i?ic?s, th? ??siti?nin? ?? th?s? 25 t? 30 sk?l?t?ns s????sts th?t th?? w??? ???i?? sh??tl? ??t?? th? in?ivi???ls’ ???ths. Th? ??m?ins c?m??is? m?n, w?m?n, ?n? chil???n, with w?m?n ?n??? th? ??? ?? 30 ?????s?ntin? th? m?j??it?.
N?t??l?, th? Chimú ?m?i?? is ??n?wn?? ??? its ?ss?ci?ti?n with h?m?n s?c?i?ic?s. In 2019, th? l????st s?c?i?ic? ?? its kin? w?s ?nc?v????, inv?lvin? m??? th?n 140 chil???n ?n? n?m????s ll?m?s. Th?s? ??isl? ?it??ls w??? ??????m?? t? ?????s? th? ???s ?? ?n ?xtinct ??li?i?n. Th? chil???n, ???? ??tw??n ?iv? ?n? 14, w??? s?c?i?ic?? ???in? ? ???i?? ?? m?j?? ?l???in? ?n? st??ms c??s?? ?? El Niñ?, ????n? 1450, th? ???k ?? th? Chimú civiliz?ti?n in n??th??n c??st?l P???.
Th? ??c?nt ?isc?v??? ?? th? m?ss ???v? in Ch?n Ch?n ???s ? n?w ?im?nsi?n t? ??? ?n???st?n?in? ?? th? ?nci?nt ???ctic? ?? chil? s?c?i?ic?. This ?n?x??ct?? ?in?in? ch?ll?n??s ???vi??s ?ss?m?ti?ns ?n? ?x??n?s ??? kn?wl???? ?? th? Chimú c?lt???. Th? th?????h ?xc?v?ti?n ?n? m?lti?isci?lin??? ?n?l?sis c???i?? ??t ?? th? ??s???ch t??m ???vi?? v?l???l? insi?hts int? th? ?nci?nt w??l? ?n? ??m?nst??t? th? si?ni?ic?nc? ?? c?ntin??? ?x?l???ti?n in ?nc?v??in? th? m?st??i?s ?? th? ??st.
This ??m??k??l? ??ch???l??ic?l ?isc?v??? ?t Ch?n Ch?n hi?hli?hts th? ?n??in? im???t?nc? ?? ???s??vin? ?n? st???in? ?nci?nt sit?s t? ?n??v?l th? st??i?s ?n? ???ctic?s ?? civiliz?ti?ns th?t h?v? l?n? sinc? ??ss??. As ???th?? inv?sti??ti?ns ?n? ?n?l?s?s ??? c?n??ct??, m??? insi?hts int? th? c?st?ms ?n? ??li??s ?? th? Chimú ????l? ??? lik?l? t? ?m????, ?n?ichin? ??? ?n???st?n?in? ?? th? c?m?l?x t???st?? ?? h?m?n hist???.