🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Batan Grande — Huaca La Merced (Sicán Capital)
Middle Sicán (Lambayeque), c.750–1050 CE, peak 900–1050 CE · Sicán (Lambayeque)
Huaca La Merced (Huaca Sialupe) in Batan Grande — Sicán capital pyramid (c.750–1050 CE, Middle Sicán).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Harbour Mole Submerged Pyramid 104 — Peru Region 8
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Harbour Mole Submerged Pyramid 104 — Peru Region 8 in Peru Region 8, Peru is a Bronze Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Tumulus Cemetery Misc 7 — Peru Region 7
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
Tumulus Cemetery Misc 7 — Peru Region 7 in Peru Region 7, Peru is a Bronze Age hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Huaca de la Luna — Moche Polychrome Temple Facade
Moche (100–650 CE) and later Chimú cemetery · Moche (Mochica) then Chimú
Cerro Blanco Moche excavated by Uceda & Tufinio 1991–, north wall 60 m relief of war-god, decapitador and prisoner sacrifice plaza 100 m.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Gran Pajatén — Chachapoya Mosaic Round Houses
Chachapoya late (1300–1470 CE) · Chachapoya later Inca fringe
Abiseo Gran Pajatén discovered by Savoy 1963, excavated 1985, mosaic fretwork with human heads, UNESCO 1990 Rio Abiseo.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Kuelap — Chachapoya Cloud Fortress Ridge
Chachapoya (600–1470 CE) pre-Inca Chachapoya, later Inca garrison 1470 · Chachapoya (Warriors of the Clouds) → Inca
Amazonas Kuelap excavated by Langlois 1930s, 584 m fortress Walls breach 20 m, 412 houses, Chachapoya cloud city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Choquequirao — Inca Eagle Nest Ridge City
Inca Imperial (1420–1536 CE; Tupac Inca Yupanqui) · Inca (Topa Inca)
Choquequirao explored by Bingham 1909 and García 1993–, llama terraces unique, Apurímac canyon 1500 m drop.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Wilcahuaín — Wari Mausaoleum Highland Temple
Wari (600–800 CE) and later Recuay hinterland · Wari (Huari) highland expansion
Huaraz Wilcahuaín excavated by Bennett 1944, Wari 650 CE highland temple with 3 vaulted tombs, vents.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector
Middle Horizon Wari Empire (600–1000 CE) capital Wari · Wari (Huari) imperial
Ayacucho Wari excavated by Lumbreras & Isbell 1970s–, first Andean orthogonal city before Inca.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash
Recuay / Pashash (200 BCE–700 CE) → Wari · Recuay (Pashash culture)
Cabana Pashash excavated by Grieder 1970s, Recuay negative resist and Pashabamba stratigraphy.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Pikillacta — Wari Planned Citadel Cuzco Basin
Wari (550–1100 CE) Cuzco expansion · Wari
Lucre Pikillacta excavated by McEwan 1990s, only Wari city completed, abandoned 1100.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
El Brujo — Cao Viejo Huaca and Lady of Cao Temple
Moche (100 BCE–700 CE) Cao 450 CE mural facade; Wari-Chimú upper 800–1300; Cao Lady tomb 450 CE intrusive · Moche → Lambayeque/Chimú → Inca
El Brujo excavated by Franco 1990–, Lady of Cao 2005 tattooed ruler with 23 weapons.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Tucume — Templo de la Piedra Sagrada and 26 Pyramid Ridge
Sicán (Lambayeque 1100) to Chimú (1350) to Inca 1470 layer cake with 26 pyramids (1100–1532 CE) 220 ha · Sicán → Chimú → Inca successive on Cerro La Raya ridge temple of stone 12 m high sacred
Tucume excavated by Thor Heyerdahl 1988 Kon-Tiki, 220 ha 26 pyramids Heyerdahl.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sipán — Lord of Sipán Royal Tomb Huaca Rajada
Moche (200–700 CE; Lord of Sipán 250 CE) · Moche royal (Sican?) Sipán 250 CE warrior-priest 1.75 m
Sipán excavated by Walter Alva 1987 Lord 250 gold mask 12 cm, gold peanuts.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pampa Grande — Huaca Fortaleza Chimú Border Pyramid
Moche Late (600–750 CE Transitional Moche V state, crucial 2012 Pampa Grande polity) · Late Moche → Wari overlap 750 collapse
Pampa Grande excavated by Shimada— 600–750 Moche V large city border.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza
Preceramic to Sechin (Cerro Sechín 1600 BCE temple with 300 warrior stelae; Sechin Bajo 3500 BCE Old Temple plaza circular 1650 BCE square) · Sechin-Casma Early Ceramic (Sechin 1600) over Sechin Bajo Preceramic 3500 BCE square
Sechin excavated by Tello 1937 and Fuchs 2002 Sechin Bajo 3500 plaza.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca Pucllana — Wari-Lima Coastal Pyramid Adobe Library of 600k Bricks
Lima to Wari (400–700 CE Lima culture coastal pyramid 100 m × 53 m × 22 m with 600,000 reused small adobitos 'library' of bricks) · Lima culture (Pucllana 400–830) then Wari intrusive 700
Pucllana excavated by Flores 1980–, 600k adobitos library pyramid.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo
Initial Period (2000–1500 BCE) Collud-Zarcillo with charcoal 1600 BCE, Olmec-style mural earliest Americas · North Coast Initial Period (Cupisnique antecedent with Chavín precursor mural 1500 BCE)
Ventarrón excavated by Alva 2007–, 2000 BCE mural oldest Americas.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Pañamarca — Moche Occupation Cupisnique Mound Northern Lima? no Ancash
Moche (550–800 CE) wall murals southernmost Moche 550–710 HalPRI mural layer 4.2 m · Moche southern frontier (Nepeña) with Wari-influenced mural final 710
Pañamarca Schaedel 1950s and recent Trever, Moche southern mural.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Kotosh — Temple of the Crossed Hands Mito Temple
Preceramic Kotosh-Mito tradition (3000–1700 BCE; Temple of Crossed Hands 2300 BCE; White Temple 1800 BCE) · Kotosh-Mito tradition (Iso's) Kotosh religious Kotosh Religious Tradition 3000 BCE predecessor to Chavín
Kotosh Tokyo 1960 exposed-crossed hands 2300 BCE earliest Andes.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Las Aldas — Initial Period Pyramid Hill Preceramic Cliff
Initial Period (1800–1000 BCE) major construction 1600 BCE; Preceramic fishing net 2500 BCE earlier · Initial PeriodCas ma (Las Aldas) coastal temple
Las Aldas excavated by Pozorski 1976, 1800 pyramid Initiation.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Chanquillo — Solar Observatory Fortified Temple Chankillo
Late Chavín to Sechin Casma (350–200 BCE) fortress and 13-tower ridge 200 BCE (Ghezzi UNESCO 2021) · Sechin / Casma Late Chavín solar observatory state
Chankillo UNESCO 2021 Ghezzi 2001 fortress with solar riddle.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Huaricoto — Callejón de Huaylas Three-Temple Sequence Mito
Preceramic Mito 2200 BCE to Chavín 1000 BCE to Recuay 500 CE multi-occupied 2200–500 BCE · Kotosh-Mito → Chavín → Recuay Huaricoto with 3 temple superimpositions
Huaricoto Burger 1980 Mit double and white plaster 2200 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Manchan — Casma Polity Mud City Nepeña Casma Pampa
Casma (Sechín Casma culture 1100–1470 Chimú conquer 1350; Inca 1470 Chimu later) · Casma (Sechín) → Chimú → Inca (Manchan 1100 pre-CHimú capital of Casma Sechin polity 63 ha Terraced Sechin Cerro)
Manchan Moore 1981 Casma empire 63 ha planned 200 compounds.