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:''This article concerns the Sican Culture of what is now Peru. For the people of ancient Sicily, see the article Sicani.'' The Sican (also Sicán) culture is the name that archaeologist Izumi Shimada gave to the culture that inhabited what is now the north coast of Peru between about AD 750 and 1375. According to Shimada, ''Sican'' means "temple of the moon".〔Described by Izumi Shimada in the TV program, ''Hitachi Fushigi Hakken!'' (:ja:日立 世界・ふしぎ発見!; "Discover!" World Wonder sponsored by Hitachi Ltd."), 8 August 2009.〕 The Sican culture is also referred to as Lambayeque culture, after the name of the region in Peru. It succeeded the Moche culture. There is still controversy among archeologists and anthropologists over whether the two are separate cultures. The Sican culture is divided into three major periods based on cultural changes as evidenced in archeological artifacts.〔("Research Settings: The Sican Culture" ), ''Sican Archaeological Project (SAP)'', 2007, Retrieved 5 October 2008.〕 ==Geography and location== Archaeologist Izumi Shimada, founder of the (Sican Archaeological Project ), named the prehistoric culture which he discovered in northwestern Peru. They succeeded the Moche and preceded the Inca, the historical civilization that encountered the Spanish explorers and conquistadors. The Sican inhabited a coastal territory near the La Leche and Lambayeque Rivers. The archaeological sites span the Lambayeque region, including the Motupe, La Leche, Lambayeque, and Zaña valleys, near modern-day Chiclayo.〔 Numerous sites have been identified in the Batan Grande area of the La Leche Valley. The climate of the area during Sican occupation was similar to the current climate, despite changes in landscape accumulated in the last 600 years. The drought-and-flood cycles seen in the region for the past 1500 years did not spare the Sican culture. (Goldstein and Shimada 2007, p. 49) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sican culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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