Biodeterioration of the Nik An (Tschudi) palace, Chan Chan Archaeological Complex, Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru: Flora

• Autores: Rodríguez Rodríguez, Eric F.; Herbarium Truxillense (HUT), Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Gutiérrez Ramos, José N.; Baluarte Conservación Eirl,, Mora Costilla, Margarita; Asociación Peruana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza-Trujillo (APECO-Trujillo), Alvítez Izquierdo, Elmer; Departamento Académico de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Leiva González, Segundo; Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Museo de Historia Natural y Cultural.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai:journal.upao.edu.pe:article/1573
• Enlace del recurso: http://journal.upao.edu.pe/Arnaldoa/article/view/1573
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Chan Chan; Nik An palace; botany; conservation; biodeterioration; Chan Chan; palacio Nik An; botánica; conservación; biodeterioro

The Archaeological Complex of Chan Chan is made up of various pre-Hispanic structures whose monumental architecture has clay as its raw material; one of them is the Nik An (Tschudi) palace. The study was carried out between 2014 and 2017; it was based on botanical collection and direct field observations of both flora and deterioration. Twelve species distributed in 11 families and 12 genera were recorded, of them 2 cryptogams (2 lichen species) and 10 phanerogams (5 herbs, 1 suffrutice, 1 subshrub, 2 shrubs and 1 tree). The taxa are found inside the architectural complex at the base, on the walls, roads and passageways, causing two types of effects on the substrate: biogeophysical (mechanical) and biogeochemical; as well as potential biodeterioration agents.