Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9
Period Bronze Age·Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic·🇵🇪 Peru Region 9, Peru
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About Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9
Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 in Peru Region 9, Peru is a Bronze Age hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic hydraulic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Observatory
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. 1500 BCE
- Period
- Period Bronze Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
- Purpose
- hydraulic ritual/settlement purpose for Misc-Hydraulic
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1890
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1500 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9
On the ground
Structures & features
33.4676° N · 107.4081° E · 1098 m · 4 mapped features
Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 — Principal Cistern
cisterncistern at Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 — hydraulic feature
33.4685° N · 107.4079° EKurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 — Northern Aqueduct
aqueductaqueduct at Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 — outlier feature
33.4680° N · 107.4067° EKurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 — Southern Dam
damdam at Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 — primary structure
33.4688° N · 107.4087° EKurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 — Eastern Cistern
cisterncistern at Kurgan Field Misc 105 — Peru Region 9 — primary structure
33.4681° N · 107.4096° E