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Places in Peru matching “Ayacucho, Huamanga Province” · Mysteria

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Places in Peru matching “Ayacucho, Huamanga Province”

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🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Pikimachay Cave (Pikimachay Ayacucho)

Pleistocene? contested 20,000 BP + secure Early Holocene 9,000 BCE – Formative 1800 BCE · Pacaicasa – Ayacucho Preceramic → Wari?

Deep limestone cave 30 m entrance, 13 m depth in Ayacucho basin: stratified sequence spanning Pleistocene to Formative with contested earliest layers (Pikimachay phase 20,000–12,000 BP lithic…

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Conchopata

Middle Horizon (c.600–800 CE) Wari Empire · Wari (Huari)

Conchopata, 9 km northeast of Ayacucho city at 2,800 m, is the celebrated Wari satellite city where William Isbell and Anita Cook uncovered the empire's face-neck jar cult.