Wilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple
Wari (600–800 CE) and later Recuay hinterland·Wari (Huari) highland expansion·🇵🇪 Ancash, Huaraz Province, near Paria, Wilcahuaín / Wari Willka ravine, Peru
About
About Wilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple
Huaraz Wilcahuaín excavated by Bennett 1944, Wari 650 CE highland temple with 3 vaulted tombs, vents.
Why it mattersKey Wari (Huari) highland expansion temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 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. 650 CE temple-mausoleum
- Period
- Wari (600–800 CE) and later Recuay hinterland
- Culture
- Wari (Huari) highland expansion
- Purpose
- 2-storey Wari mausoleum-temple (11 m × 11 m × 9 m high) — highland Wari state funerary temple of 3 tombs
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1869
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 650 CE temple-mausoleum
Initial construction / first occupation at Wilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Wilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple
On the ground
Structures & features
9.4520° S · 77.5200° W · 3400 m · 3 mapped features
Wilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple — Principal Temple
templetemple at Wilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple — primary structure
9.4536° S · 77.5206° WWilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple — Altar Annex 2
altaraltar at Wilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple — hydraulic feature
9.4525° S · 77.5184° WWilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple — Southern Shrine
shrineshrine at Wilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple — hydraulic feature
9.4515° S · 77.5191° W