ciudadelas - citadels or palatial fortresses Domestic architecture associated with Chan Chan's non-royal gentry Artisan-class dwellings and workshops spread throughout the city Four huacas or temple mounds U-shaped audiencias or courts SIAR or small irregular agglutinated rooms, which probably served as the residences for the majority of the population See also Chimor–Inca War Moche Chan Chan Huanchaco Swamps of Huanchaco References Sources Chimor outline Moore, J.D., Mackey, C.J. (2008). The Chimú Empire. In: Silverman, H., Isbell, W.H. (eds) The Handbook of South American Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74907-5_39 Cutright, Robyn E. “Eating Empire in the Jequetepeque: A Local View of Chimú Expansion on the North Coast of Peru.” Latin American Antiquity, vol. 26, no. 1, 2015, pp. 64–86., https://doi.org/10.7183/1045-6635.26.1.64. Accessed 2022. External links Central and Southern Andes, 1000–1400 AD at Metropolitan Museum of Art Golden Kingdoms: Luxury & Legacy in the Ancient Americas at Metropolitan Museum of Art Art of the Ancient Americas at Yale University Art Gallery Americas at Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University Thorny Oyster: The Daughters of the Sea at Metropolitan Museum of Art Chimú, Encyclopædia Britannica Chimú gallery Video of possible Quingam letter discussed above 15th-century disestablishments in South America States and territories established in the 9th century Andean civilizations Former monarchies of South America 9th-century establishments in South America 1470s disestablishments Former empires in the Americas States and territories disestablished in 1470 Former countries Indigenous culture of the Americas Prehistory of Peru