Huaca de la Florida Baja — Collique Pyramid Mound
Huaca Florida Baja · Collique Pyramid · Lower Florida Huaca
Formative / Initial Period (Chillón tradition)·Andean Formative (Chillón / Lima precursor)·🇵🇪 Lima, Collique — Chillón Valley lower, Comas district north Lima (Rímac–Chillón desert), Peru
About
About Huaca de la Florida Baja — Collique Pyramid Mound
Formative–Initial Period temple pyramid at Huaca de la Florida Baja (Collique, Chillón Valley, Lima north) — 40×35 m base platform mound 8 m high, contemporary with Garagay (400 BCE) but distinct: earliest Chillón mound with circular-to-U plan, mudbrick friezes. Part of greater Huaca La Florida–Garagay–La Florida Baja valley cluster representing Initial Period Lima tradition before adobe Huaca Pucllana. Collique community build. Excavated by Concepción Blasco, Jorge Silva.
Why it mattersCompanion to better-known Huaca La Florida H. showing Chillón-Garagay valley pyramid proliferation before Moche; archive of formative platform evolution.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Frieze motif vs Garagay polychrome
- 02Link to later Lima culture Huaca Pucllana
Theories
- 01Chillón pyramids represent Formative coastal diffusion inland
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. 1200–600 BCE (Formative / Initial Period)
- Period
- Formative / Initial Period (Chillón tradition)
- Culture
- Andean Formative (Chillón / Lima precursor)
- Builders
- Chillón valley community
- Purpose
- Template pyramid for Garagay tradition
- Abandoned
- c. 600 BCE
- Rediscovered
- 1990s (Silva Collique survey)
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200–600 BCE (Formative / Initial Period)
Initial construction
c. 1022 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
11.9167° S · 77.0333° W · 150 m · 2 mapped features
Florida Baja platform mound
pyramid40×35 m adobe platform pyramid 8 m
11.9167° S · 77.0333° WSummit frieze niche
friezeClay frieze niche on platform top
11.9165° S · 77.0332° W