Aspero — Norte Chico Bay City and Middens
Norte Chico Preceramic (3700–2500 BCE coastal capital 15 mounds 3700–2500)·Norte Chico coastal sibling to Caral (Aspero has 6 mounds associated shell middens)·🇵🇪 Lima, Barranca Province, near Supe Puerto, Aspero, Supe Bay 23 ha coastal, near Caral 23 km, Peru
About
About Aspero — Norte Chico Bay City and Middens
Aspero Feldman 1980 3700 BCE mounds with shicra. Recorded context — Period: Norte Chico Preceramic (3700–2500 BCE coastal capital 15 mounds 3700–2500); Culture: Norte Chico coastal sibling to Caral (Aspero has 6 mounds associated shell middens); Field status: excavated; Materials: shicra bag mound, shell midden, adobe; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Norte Chico coastal sibling to Caral (Aspero has 6 mounds associated shell middens) ancient-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Elite residence
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3700 BCE platform ID 7; 3000 BCE major plataformas 4 m
- Period
- Norte Chico Preceramic (3700–2500 BCE coastal capital 15 mounds 3700–2500)
- Culture
- Norte Chico coastal sibling to Caral (Aspero has 6 mounds associated shell middens)
- Purpose
- Coastal Norte Chico bay city 23 ha with 15 mounds (6 major platform mounds 15 ha) — America’s 3700 BCE maritime foundation claim with 800×200 m middens
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1917
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3700 BCE platform ID 7; 3000 BCE major plataformas 4 m
Initial construction / first occupation at Aspero — Norte Chico Bay City and Middens
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Aspero — Norte Chico Bay City and Middens
On the ground
Structures & features
10.8080° S · 77.7170° W · 30 m · 3 mapped features
- Aspero — Norte Chico Bay City and Middens — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Aspero — Norte Chico Bay City and Middens — outlier feature10.8064° S · 77.7179° W
- Aspero — Norte Chico Bay City and Middens — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Aspero — Norte Chico Bay City and Middens — outlier feature10.8097° S · 77.7180° W
- Aspero — Norte Chico Bay City and Middens — Rock_Art Annex 3rock artrock art at Aspero — Norte Chico Bay City and Middens — outlier feature10.8077° S · 77.7189° W