Huaca de la Luna

Huaca de la Luna is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru [1]. It sits roughly 5 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, 4 km from the modern city of Trujillo, and near the mouth of the Moche River [1]. The site was inhabited between the 1st and 9th century AD [1]. Along with Huaca del Sol, Huaca de la Luna is part of Huacas de Moche [1]. The Huacas are major components of the ancient Moche capital city of Cerro Blanco [1]. Huaca de la Luna served primarily a ceremonial and religious function, although it contains burials as well [1]. Excavation has revealed that a new platform was constructed over an existing platform every 100 years during six centuries [1]. Adorning interior walls of the site are 10,000 square meters of polychromatic murals [1].