Huaricanga — Norte Chico Extension
Late Archaic – Early Formative (3500–1800 BCE)·Norte Chico (Caral–Supe)·🇵🇪 Ancash Region, Peru
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About Huaricanga — Norte Chico Extension
Huaricanga — Norte Chico Extension in Ancash Region, Peru is a Late Archaic – Early Formative (3500–1800 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Norte Chico (Caral–Supe). Terraced platform mound 70 × 50 m with plaza and circular court beyond Caral. Huaricanga small platform mound with shicra fill 70 × 50 m with circular sunken plaza 12 m.
Why it mattersType-site for highland Norte Chico (Caral–Supe) 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. 3500 BCE
- Period
- Late Archaic – Early Formative (3500–1800 BCE)
- Culture
- Norte Chico (Caral–Supe)
- Purpose
- Terraced platform mound 70 × 50 m with plaza and circular court beyond Caral
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
10.5000° S · 77.7000° W · 450 m · 3 mapped features
Huaricanga — Norte Chico Extension — Plaza and Platform Core
plazaCentral plaza and platform mound
10.4998° S · 77.6999° WHuaricanga — Norte Chico Extension — Residential Sector
residentialDomestic sector
10.5002° S · 77.6998° WHuaricanga — Norte Chico Extension — Cemetery Extension
necropolisAssociated shaft or chamber cemetery
10.4996° S · 77.7002° W