🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 29
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 29 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 29 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 44 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 48 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 57 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 63 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 64 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 67 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 87 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Neo-Inca State (1536–1572 CE) jungle capital · Inca Vilcabamba (Manco Inca)
Espíritu Pampa rediscovered by Savoy 1964, lost after 1572 Túpac Amaru execution by Toledo.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wari (550–1100 CE) Cuzco expansion · Wari
Lucre Pikillacta excavated by McEwan 1990s, only Wari city completed, abandoned 1100.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Casma (Sechín Casma culture 1100–1470 Chimú conquer 1350; Inca 1470 Chimu later) · Casma (Sechín) → Chimú → Inca (Manchan 1100 pre-CHimú capital of Casma Sechin polity 63 ha Terraced Sechin Cerro)
Manchan Moore 1981 Casma empire 63 ha planned 200 compounds.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Norte Chico Preceramic (3700–2500 BCE coastal capital 15 mounds 3700–2500) · Norte Chico coastal sibling to Caral (Aspero has 6 mounds associated shell middens)
Aspero Feldman 1980 3700 BCE mounds with shicra.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chachapoya (Middle Horizon to Inca) · Chachapoya
Immense walled city on Andean ridge (500–1570 CE) of Chachapoya 'Warriors of the Clouds' with limestone dry-stone walls 19 m high, 3 entries tapering to 1 person, circular houses with zigzag friezes.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Archaic 3000–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral maritime)
Coastal port six pyramids, fish-for-cotton, 3000–2500 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wari Middle Horizon 550–800 CE · Wari (Huari Empire)
50 ha Wari grid city 12 m walls 550–700 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chachapoya 800–1532 CE · Chachapoya
Chachapoya cloud-forest citadel slate-mosaic friezes, UNESCO 548.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wari → Inca → Neo-Inca 1200–1572 CE · Neo-Inca (Manco Inca)
Last Neo-Inca capital 1536–1572, 12 ha jungle city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Wari Middle Horizon 600–1000 CE · Wari (Huari imperial)
Wari mausoleum 64 tombs gold queens 600–800 CE, intact 2012.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Archaic 3550–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral)
Caral network city 54 ha 3550–2500 BCE, 10 plazas.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Chimú – Late Intermediate 1200–1532 CE · Chimú → Inca
Chimú hill-fort four walls, Inca tambo after 1470.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Classic · Maya/Andean
Pampa de las Llamas — 700 collcas storage city.
