Alignment-Brancaster Ancient City
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE)·Iron Age·🇵🇪 Ancash, Peru
About
About Alignment-Brancaster Ancient City
Alignment-Brancaster Ancient City in Ancash, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematically investigated through ground-penetrating radar and fieldwalking, it presents a fortified nucleus with workshop zone. Construction employs mudbrick on stone socle and demonstrates long-distance exchange. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Iron Age ancient-city with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of monuments
- 02Ritual use and symbolic landscape
Theories
- 01Astronomical observatory and calendar
- 02Territorial marker and boundary statement
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 587 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Iron Age
- Purpose
- Agricultural and hydraulic
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 587 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 428 BCE
Secondary construction phase
c. 401 CE
Abandonment and gradual burial
1977
Archaeological identification via aerial survey
On the ground
Structures & features
9.6173° S · 78.2048° W · 1973 m · 3 mapped features
Granary Cluster
cisternPrimary ancient city at Alignment-Brancaster Ancient City — platform mound
9.6190° S · 78.2060° WNecropolis Extension
enclosurePrimary ancient city at Alignment-Brancaster Ancient City — platform mound
9.6187° S · 78.2060° WBurial Cluster
reservoirBurial zone — cists
9.6187° S · 78.2028° W