Conchopata — Wari Craft Center
Middle Horizon (500–800 CE)·Wari (Huari)·🇵🇪 Ayacucho Region, Peru
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About Conchopata — Wari Craft Center
Conchopata — Wari Craft Center in Ayacucho Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon (500–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Wari (Huari). Wari craft production city 15 ha with ceramic kilns and Tiwanakoid pottery workshops. Pozzi-Escot: Wari pottery workshops with 10 kilns, Tiwanaku-style face-neck jars, trophy heads.
Why it mattersType-site for highland Wari (Huari) occupation
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Culture chronology refinement
- 02Imperial administration model
Theories
- 01Defensive puna adaptation
- 02Wari imperial expansion
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. 500 CE
- Period
- Middle Horizon (500–800 CE)
- Culture
- Wari (Huari)
- Purpose
- Wari craft production city 15 ha with ceramic kilns and Tiwanakoid pottery workshops
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 500 CE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
13.1100° S · 74.2500° W · 2800 m · 4 mapped features
Conchopata — Wari Craft Center — Plaza and Platform Core
plazaCentral plaza and platform mound
13.1098° S · 74.2499° WConchopata — Wari Craft Center — Residential Sector
residentialDomestic sector
13.1102° S · 74.2498° WConchopata — Wari Craft Center — Cemetery Extension
necropolisAssociated shaft or chamber cemetery
13.1096° S · 74.2502° WConchopata — Wari Craft Center — Quarry Source Outcrop
quarryStone source outcrop
13.1104° S · 74.2502° W