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Raised artificial ground built to carry a temple, a house or a ceremony.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Preclassic, c.400 BCE–150 CE · Maya (Preclassic Mirador Basin)
Mano de León pyramid at El Tintal (c.400 BCE–150 CE Preclassic) — 30 m high, 50 m base stepped pyramid second to El Tintal's Catzin structure (39 m).
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) · Ozieri Culture
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex — Eastern Outlier in Sardinia, Sassari, Italy is a Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ozieri Culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) · Ozieri Culture
Monte d'Accoddi Platform North Rite Annex in Sardinia, Sassari, Italy is a Late Neolithic (4000-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ozieri Culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Archaic to Formative (Valdivia parallel) · Mayo-Chinchipe culture (Andean-Amazon)
Upper Amazon-Andean platform Santa Ana-La Florida (5300–2500 BCE) near Limón: 80×80 m stone spiral pyramid-mound with hearth plaza — earliest cacao (3300 BCE) and turquoise trade site.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period (1800–800 BCE) · Pre-Cupisnique / Rímac Initial Period (Manchay-related)
Early U-shaped pyramid Huaca La Florida (1700–1000 BCE) Rímac Valley: 17 m central pyramid with 300×200 m U arms enclosing 140×80 m plaza — Pre-Inca Lima's earliest mega-temple.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
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
Moche Late (Moche V), c.550–750 CE · Moche (Late Moche Pampa Grande)
Huaca Fortaleza at Pampa Grande — Late Moche capital pyramid (c.550–750 CE), 290 × 250 m base, 38 m high, largest Moche V pyramid's administrative palace.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze (Sialk III–IV) · Proto-Elamite / Sialk Culture
Proto-ziggurat terrace at Tepe Sialk (Kashan) c.3000 BCE: early Iranian high temple platform with Proto-Elamite connections, precursor to Mesopotamian ziggurat tradition.
