Tell el-Glen
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE)·Late Bronze Age·🇵🇪 Ancash, Peru
About
About Tell el-Glen
Tell el-Glen in Ancash, Peru is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) tell attributed to Late Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through ground-penetrating radar and fieldwalking, it presents a central mound with workshop zone. Construction employs cyclopean blocks and demonstrates long-distance exchange. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Late Bronze Age tell with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Long-distance exchange networks
- 02Function as ceremonial vs domestic centre
Theories
- 01Centralized storage and redistribution (Cunliffe)
- 02Territorial marker and boundary statement
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. 1468 BCE
- Period
- Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE)
- Culture
- Late Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Defensive and administrative
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 1468 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 875 BCE
Architectural refurbishment
c. 111 CE
Reoccupation and adaptation
1851
Rediscovery and systematic excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
10.8204° S · 77.2692° W · 2556 m · 3 mapped features
Burial Cluster
courtyardOutlier feature with alignments
10.8190° S · 77.2670° WAncillary Complex
enclosureOutlier feature with geoglyph
10.8231° S · 77.2712° WPrincipal Monument
rampartHydraulic feature — reservoir
10.8204° S · 77.2703° W