🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Kotosh Archaeological Site — Temple of the Crossed Hands
Late Archaic–Initial 2300–1200 BCE · Kotosh–Mito tradition
Crossed Hands temple 1800 BCE, 10 superimposed Mito temples.
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🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Late Archaic–Initial 2300–1200 BCE · Kotosh–Mito tradition
Crossed Hands temple 1800 BCE, 10 superimposed Mito temples.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Archaic 3550–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral)
Caral network city 54 ha 3550–2500 BCE, 10 plazas.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Inca Late Horizon 1430–1532 CE · Inca (Tawantinsuyu)
Inca temple 92 m, 11 m wall, 152 qollqas, Wiracocha oracle.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period 2500–500 BCE · Early coastal Formative
Deer-net mural 2000 BCE, oldest in Americas.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Chimú – Late Intermediate 1200–1532 CE · Chimú → Inca
Chimú hill-fort four walls, Inca tambo after 1470.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Late Archaic–Initial 3500–1500 BCE · Casma-Sechín tradition
First Plaza 3500 BCE, Third Platform 16 m × 300 m.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial–Early Horizon 1000–250 BCE · Kuntur Wasi tradition
Gold-temple four platforms, gold burials 800 BCE.
