🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Batán Grande — Sicán Pyramids
Middle Sicán (750–1100 CE) · Sicán (Lambayeque)
Batán Grande — Sicán Pyramids in Lambayeque Region, Peru is a Middle Sicán (750–1100 CE) pyramid attributed to Sicán (Lambayeque).
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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Middle Sicán (750–1100 CE) · Sicán (Lambayeque)
Batán Grande — Sicán Pyramids in Lambayeque Region, Peru is a Middle Sicán (750–1100 CE) pyramid attributed to Sicán (Lambayeque).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
El Paraíso (Spanish pronunciation: [el paɾaˈiso], "The Paradise") or Chuquitanta (Quechua chuqui lance or metal, tanta bread) are the moderns names of a Late Preceramic (3500–1800 BC) archaeological…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Sipan Royal Tomb Pyramid Platform in Lambayeque, Sipán, Peru is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period, c.1800-1000 BCE (Preceramic U-temple) · Andean (Initial Period, Rímac–Chillón tradition)
Huaca La Florida in Collique hills north Lima: U-shaped pyramidal temple 350 m long, 40 m deep platform, 15 m high, with central court and lateral wings forming U open to east.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Formative (Pacopampa Early–Late) · Cupisnique / Chavinoid (Northern Highlands Formative)
Mountaintop ceremonial citadel (1200–500 BCE) on 2430-m Querocoto peak with three massive platforms, sunken courts, elite shaft tomb of Priest of Pacopampa (900 BCE) with gold crow...
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Intermediate, c.1100-1530 CE (Lambayeque / Sicán–Chimú) · Andean (Lambayeque / Sicán)
Túcume (ancient Tucume, El Purgatorio) Lambayeque: 26-pyramid field dominated by Huaca Larga (700 m long, 280 m wide, 30 m high) — one of largest adobe pyramids globally, built by Lambayeque/Sicán…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Formative to Early Intermediate · Kotosh–Chavín–Wari local (Tantamayo highland)
Formative hilltop temple-citadel (1500 BCE–1000 CE) above Tantamayo on knife-edge jalca ridgetop at 3900 m, with Kotosh-tradition rock-walled temple pyramid 15 m, sunken court, and...
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Middle Horizon to Late Horizon · Wari–Ychsma–Inca (Lurín valley)
Qhapaq Ñan valley-center (900–1470 CE) on left bank Lurín River in Cieneguilla gorge at 560 m, with 15-m adobe pyramid on Wari enclosure, Ychsma repainted palace, Inca kallanka hal...
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Huaca Pucllana — Ancillary Ramp North (Lima, Wari-Lima) in Lima, Miraflores, Huaca Pucllana, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attrib…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke — Pyramid North (Casma) in Ancash, Casma, Moxeke, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Middle Horizon, c.600-750 CE (Mochica V / Sicán early) · Andean (Mochica / Sicán)
Pampa Grande Huaca Fortaleza in Chongoyape (Lambayeque): massive stepped pyramid 56 m high, 270×180 m base, with plaza, palace and reservoir.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Inner Lima Fortress South — Lima (56-28) at Lima, Peru is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Late Horizon (Inca) · Inca (Cusco imperial)
Inca road sanctuary (1400–1532 CE) at Limatambo pass on Cusco–Andahuaylas–Apurímac corridor at 2550 m, with Tarawasi polished polygonal gateway-mur retaining 4-m terrace, ushnu pla...
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Classical (regional) · Classical
Lower Lima Ridge I — Lima (56-18) at Lima, Peru is a Classical (regional) pyramid of the Classical tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Cahuachi — Pyramid Ancillary Plaza (Nasca) in Ica, Nasca, Cahuachi, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom / Mid…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Pyramid of Ridge-Scar in Ancash, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period 2200–1000 BCE, Sechín-Casma tradition · Casma-Sechín (Initial Period)
Secondary platform south of main Las Haldas pyramid on coastal terrace 20 m above Pacific tidal flat: 9 m high stepped platform 40×35 m with plastered stair facing sea, contemporary with Sechín Bajo…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Eridu Platform Extension in Moche Valley, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sicán Middle (900–1050 CE Sicán metallurgy peak) + Inca later · Sicán (Lambayeque) bronze arsenic gold tumi metallurgy with Chimú later
Batan Grande Shimada 1978–, 900 Sicán capital metallurgy frenzy.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Preceramic Norte Chico Bandurria 4000–2000 BCE (3500 BCE main) · Norte Chico (Bandurria, Preceramic)
Northern mound at Bandurria 4 km south of Huacho on Huaura coastal plain: flat-topped platform 12 m high 90×70 m with sunken circular plaza 15 m diameter on summit, contemporaneous with Caral-Supe.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Lambayeque / Chimú / Inca · Sican Lambayeque → Chimú
Túcume (Valley of Pyramids) in Lambayeque Region, Peru is a Lambayeque / Chimú / Inca pyramid attributed to Sican Lambayeque → Chimú culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Horizon · Andean
Earliest Andean pyramid Sechín Bajo (3500 BCE) two-storey temple 150×120 m with plaza and friezes of dugout, cradle, Old Temple.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Archaic Preceramic 3000–1800 BCE, Norte Chico Caral-Supe tradition · Norte Chico (Caral-Supe, Late Preceramic)
North Platform 600 m north of main Shicras pyramid at Chancay Valley: 10 m high stepped platform 35×30 m built with shicra woven bags filled with river cobbles (ancient construction textile…
🇵🇪 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.
