Bandurria — Cotton Preceramic Mound Near Huacho
Preceramic (5700–2500 BCE Bandurria period with 3200 BCE monumental circular architecture to 4100 BCE Aceramic)·Preceramic Norte Chico (Bandurria part of Norte Chico Caral sphere 5000–3500)·🇵🇪 Lima, Huaura Province, near Huacho, Bandurria village, near Playa Bandurria, 15 ×?, Peru
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About Bandurria — Cotton Preceramic Mound Near Huacho
Bandurria excavated by Chu 2007, 4100 mound earliest 2700 circular, cotton net. Recorded context — Period: Preceramic (5700–2500 BCE Bandurria period with 3200 BCE monumental circular architecture to 4100 BCE Aceramic); Culture: Preceramic Norte Chico (Bandurria part of Norte Chico Caral sphere 5000–3500); Field status: excavated; Materials: shicra fiber bag mound fill, stone walls, cotton nets; Condition: preserved — coastal dune.
Why it mattersKey Preceramic Norte Chico (Bandurria part of Norte Chico Caral sphere 5000–3500) ancient-village with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Trade network extent
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 02Territorial marker
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. 4100 BCE early mound; 3200 BCE monumental
- Period
- Preceramic (5700–2500 BCE Bandurria period with 3200 BCE monumental circular architecture to 4100 BCE Aceramic)
- Culture
- Preceramic Norte Chico (Bandurria part of Norte Chico Caral sphere 5000–3500)
- Purpose
- Preceramic mound village (30 ha with circular sunken plaza 35 m × 30 m monumental 3200 BCE) — extensive cotton 5700 BCE fishing-mound city on 30 ha dune
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1911
- Excavation
- Excavated
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Bandurria — Cotton Preceramic Mound Near Huacho
c. 4100 BCE early mound; 3200 BCE monumental
Initial construction / first occupation at Bandurria — Cotton Preceramic Mound Near Huacho
On the ground
Structures & features
11.1860° S · 77.5900° W · 50 m · 3 mapped features
- Bandurria — Cotton Preceramic Mound Near Huacho — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Bandurria — Cotton Preceramic Mound Near Huacho — outlier feature11.1847° S · 77.5910° W
- Bandurria — Cotton Preceramic Mound Near Huacho — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Bandurria — Cotton Preceramic Mound Near Huacho — subsidiary complex11.1845° S · 77.5915° W
- Bandurria — Cotton Preceramic Mound Near Huacho — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at Bandurria — Cotton Preceramic Mound Near Huacho — hydraulic feature11.1848° S · 77.5916° W
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