Hypothetical9.4656° S · 78.2499° W · 835 m
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 182
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE)·Casma-Sechin·🇵🇪 Ancash, Peru
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About Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 182
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 182 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex. Recorded context — Period: Initial Period (1800-800 BCE); Culture: Casma-Sechin; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: stone, earth; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Casma-Sechin temple-complex.
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology
Theories
- 01Ritual model
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. 3672 BCE
- Period
- Initial Period (1800-800 BCE)
- Culture
- Casma-Sechin
- Purpose
- Settlement
- Rediscovered
- 1939
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE)
Initial construction
On the ground
Structures & features
9.4656° S · 78.2499° W · 835 m · 4 mapped features
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 182 — Principal FeaturestructureCerro Sechin Temple Sector 182 at Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 1829.4642° S · 78.2491° W
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 182 — Ancillary ComplexcomplexCerro Sechin Temple Sector 182 at Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 1829.4674° S · 78.2494° W
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 182 — Outlier FeatureoutlierCerro Sechin Temple Sector 182 at Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 1829.4659° S · 78.2482° W
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 182 — Reservoir/CisternhydraulicCerro Sechin Temple Sector 182 at Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 1829.4661° S · 78.2507° W