Hypothetical9.4791° S · 78.2497° W · 648 m
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 540
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE)·Casma-Sechin·🇵🇪 Ancash, Peru
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About Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 540
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 540 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. 2514 BCE
- Period
- Initial Period (1800-800 BCE)
- Culture
- Casma-Sechin
- Purpose
- Settlement
- Rediscovered
- 1954
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE)
Initial construction
On the ground
Structures & features
9.4791° S · 78.2497° W · 648 m · 4 mapped features
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 540 — Principal FeaturestructureCerro Sechin Temple Sector 5409.4809° S · 78.2480° W
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 540 — Ancillary ComplexcomplexCerro Sechin Temple Sector 5409.4776° S · 78.2496° W
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 540 — Outlier FeatureoutlierCerro Sechin Temple Sector 5409.4810° S · 78.2507° W
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 540 — Reservoir/CisternhydraulicCerro Sechin Temple Sector 5409.4784° S · 78.2492° W
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