Azángaro — Wari Provincial Center
Middle Horizon (600–800 CE)·Wari·🇵🇪 Ayacucho Region, Peru
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About Azángaro — Wari Provincial Center
Azángaro — Wari Provincial Center in Ayacucho Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon (600–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Wari. Wari administrative outpost with orthogonal compounds and dam reservoir near Huanta. Schreiber: Wari outpost with reservoir dam and orthogonal compounds near Wari capital.
Why it mattersType-site for highland Wari occupation
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Culture chronology refinement
- 02Imperial administration model
Theories
- 01Defensive puna adaptation
- 02Wari imperial expansion
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. 600 CE
- Period
- Middle Horizon (600–800 CE)
- Culture
- Wari
- Purpose
- Wari administrative outpost with orthogonal compounds and dam reservoir near Huanta
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 600 CE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
13.5600° S · 74.1800° W · 3050 m · 3 mapped features
Azángaro — Wari Provincial Center — Plaza and Platform Core
plazaCentral plaza and platform mound
13.5598° S · 74.1799° WAzángaro — Wari Provincial Center — Residential Sector
residentialDomestic sector
13.5602° S · 74.1798° WAzángaro — Wari Provincial Center — Cemetery Extension
necropolisAssociated shaft or chamber cemetery
13.5596° S · 74.1802° W