Yayno — Huari Fortified City
Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (400–800 CE)·Recuay / Wari influenced·🇵🇪 Ancash Region, Peru
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About Yayno — Huari Fortified City
Yayno — Huari Fortified City in Ancash Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (400–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Recuay / Wari influenced. Largest fort in Americas? Hilltop city 25 ha with 5 m walls and pit dwellings on Yayno hill. Yayno (Yaino) massive fortified city with megalithic walls 5 m high, 3 km perimeter, puna above 4000 m, Laurencich 1960.
Why it mattersType-site for highland Recuay / Wari influenced occupation
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Culture chronology refinement
- 02Imperial administration model
Theories
- 01Defensive puna adaptation
- 02Wari imperial expansion
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. 400 CE
- Period
- Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (400–800 CE)
- Culture
- Recuay / Wari influenced
- Purpose
- Largest fort in Americas? Hilltop city 25 ha with 5 m walls and pit dwellings on Yayno hill
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 400 CE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
9.3800° S · 77.2800° W · 4100 m · 4 mapped features
Yayno — Huari Fortified City — Plaza and Platform Core
plazaCentral plaza and platform mound
9.3798° S · 77.2799° WYayno — Huari Fortified City — Residential Sector
residentialDomestic sector
9.3802° S · 77.2798° WYayno — Huari Fortified City — Cemetery Extension
necropolisAssociated shaft or chamber cemetery
9.3796° S · 77.2802° WYayno — Huari Fortified City — Quarry Source Outcrop
quarryStone source outcrop
9.3804° S · 77.2802° W