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Pyramids tagged “moche v”

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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Pampa Grande Huaca Fortaleza

Middle Horizon Moche V (600–750 CE, post-Moche IV collapse in south, Pampa Grande phase) · Moche (Moche V, Lambayeque polity)

Moche V (600–750 CE) fortress-pyramid Huaca Fortaleza at Pampa Grande: adobe mass 250×200 m 40 m high truncated with 290 m long ramp west, enclosing plaza 400×250 m, with elite compound atop.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Pampa Grande Pyramid (Huaca Fortaleza)

Late Moche (Moche V, 600–750) · Moche (Late Moche Galindo-Pampa Grande)

Latest Moche capital Pampa Grande (600–750 CE): 38 m Huaca Fortaleza mudbrick pyramid (~290k m³) with hilltop fortress and 1200 workshops, final Moche mega-city.