A collection of recent papers on the prehistoric Jequetepeque Valley, Peru. Contents: (1) Introduction: State and Empire in the Jequetepeque Valley (Ilana Johnson and Colleen M. Zori); 2) Social Roles of Cemeteries in the Jequetepeque Valley System (Colleen M. Zori); 3) The Development of Semi-Autonomous Communities in the Late Moche Period (AD 600-900) (Ilana Johnson); 4) The Northern Moche World at the Beginning of the Eighth Century and the Role of the Jequetepeque Valley (Alana Cordy-Collins); (5) Food for the Dead, Cuisine for the Living: Mortuary Food Offerings from the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru (Robyn Cutright); (6) Lambayeque Norte and Lambayeque Sur: Evidence for the Development of an Indigenous Lambayeque Polity in the Jequetepeque Valley (William Sapp); (7) Chicha Production during the Chimu Period at San Jose de Moro, Jequetepeque Valley, North Coast of Peru (Gabriel Prieto B.); ( 8) Architectural Renovation as Ritual Process in Late Intermediate Period Jequetepeque (Edward Swenson); ( 9) The Persistence of Lambayeque Ethic Identity: The Perspective from the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru (Carol Mackey); (10) A Case for Local Ceramic Production in the Jequetepeque Valley during the Late Horizon (Abigail R. Levine); (11) Late Horizon Sites in the Chaman Valley (Scott Kremkau); (12) Reflections on the Prehispanic Jequetepeque Valley (Tom Dillehay).