Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo

Why it mattersKey North Coast Initial Period (Cupisnique antecedent with Chavín precursor mural 1500 BCE) temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c. 2000 BCE temple with deer net mural; 1500 BCE Olmec-style? mural

Period

Initial Period (2000–1500 BCE) Collud-Zarcillo with charcoal 1600 BCE, Olmec-style mural earliest Americas

Culture

North Coast Initial Period (Cupisnique antecedent with Chavín precursor mural 1500 BCE)

Purpose

Temple with 2000 BCE polychrome mural (red hunter net with deer 3 m) — oldest mural in Americas 1500 BCE Ventarrón red-yellow 3-tier stair temple

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1915

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 1200 CE major extension

   Major expansion / refurbishment at Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo

2. 2005 excavation

   Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo

• Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — Principal Temple

  temple

  temple at Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — outlier feature

  6.8030° S · 79.7651° W

• Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — Northern Altar

  altar

  altar at Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — subsidiary complex

  6.8022° S · 79.7644° W

• Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — Southern Shrine

  shrine

  shrine at Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — primary structure

  6.8040° S · 79.7669° W