Transitional archaeological culture of Peru's north coast bridging the Cupisnique/Chavín world and the Moche, marked by a shift to red-and-white ceramics, expanded irrigation agriculture, and hilltop fortifications (e.g. Cerro Arena in the Moche Valley) suggesting endemic warfare.
Superseded by the Moche (Mochica) culture on the same north coast by the 3rd–4th century AD.
Standard Andean-archaeology survey covering the Cupisnique–Salinar–Moche transition on Peru's north coast.