Huaca Los Loteros — Chincha Valley Intermediate Mound
Huaca Loteros · Los Loteros
Late Intermediate (Chincha, 1000–1470 CE)·Chincha·🇵🇪 Ica Region, Chincha Province, Chincha Valley, near El Carmen, Peru
About
About Huaca Los Loteros — Chincha Valley Intermediate Mound
Secondary adobe mound 7 km north-east of La Centinela in Chincha Valley interior, surveyed by Wallace 1957 and Sandweiss 2010 as part of 50-mound Chincha hierarchical pyramid system feeding Centinela capital with agricultural surplus. Platform with patio and storage bins, plaster floors and Inca period re-occupation with aryballus sherds. Illustrates Valley hierarchy where Centinela apex with satellite mounds demonstrates administrative tiering.
Why it mattersDocumented valley-tier pyramid hierarchy culminating in La Centinela metropolis.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Canal association
Theories
- 01Loteros managed mid-valley irrigation block for Centinela capital
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. 1100 CE
- Period
- Late Intermediate (Chincha, 1000–1470 CE)
- Culture
- Chincha
- Purpose
- Secondary Chincha valley pyramid mound and residential-administrative platform overlooking agricultural canals — satellite of La Centinela capital system
- Excavation
- Excavated
1957
Wallace maps Loteros as Chincha mound #14 of valley system
On the ground
Structures & features
13.3800° S · 76.1000° W · 50 m · 2 mapped features
Platform mound with patio
pyramid7 m platform with patio and bin storage foundations
13.3795° S · 76.1000° WCanal head terrace below mound
hydraulicCanal intake terrace linking to Chincha Valley irrigation
13.3805° S · 76.1000° W