Sechín Norte Mound (Casma satellite pyramid)
Sechín Norte · North Sechín · Sechin North pyramid · Cerro Sechín north
Initial Period (Sechín–Casma)·Sechín / Casma·🇵🇪 Áncash, Casma Valley — Sechín plain 2 km north of Cerro Sechín de las Estelas, Peru
About
About Sechín Norte Mound (Casma satellite pyramid)
Small Initial Period satellite pyramid north of Cerro Sechín — Sechín Norte Mound is a 25×20 m adobe platform 6 m high with stone stair and forecourt, contemporary with Cerro Sechín and Sechín Alto (1800–1000 BCE) but showing earlier Ka? It shows three building phases with stone relief slabs (dismembered captives motif) reused? Satellite mound within Sechín 10 km polity (Sechín Alto 300 m, Bajo, Cerro, Taukachi-Konkan, Pampa Caceres). Excavated by Rosa Fung Pineda and Henning Bischof.
Why it mattersDemonstrates Sechín polity was multi-mound network (≥6 pyramids) not single Cerro Sechín wall; helps interpret relief narrative across valley.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of reused relief slabs
- 02Link to Moxeke enclosure
Theories
- 01Sechín Norte was execution/ritual annex to Cerro Sechín's warrior relief narrative
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. 1800–1000 BCE (Initial Period)
- Period
- Initial Period (Sechín–Casma)
- Culture
- Sechín / Casma
- Builders
- Sechín polity (Casma)
- Purpose
- Satellite temple mound for Cerro Sechín precinct
- Abandoned
- c. 800 BCE
- Rediscovered
- 1970s (Bischoffs Sechín Valley survey)
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1800–1000 BCE (Initial Period)
Initial construction
c. 1211 CE
Major expansion
On the ground
Structures & features
9.3778° S · 78.3353° W · 60 m · 2 mapped features
Sechín Norte platform
pyramid25×20 m adobe pyramid 6 m
9.3778° S · 78.3353° WForecourt
plaza15 m forecourt with relief slab reuse
9.3776° S · 78.3355° W
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