Hypothetical9.4649° S · 78.2773° W · 649 m
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 629
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE)·Casma-Sechin·🇵🇪 Ancash, Peru
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About Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 629
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 629 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. 1289 BCE
- Period
- Initial Period (1800-800 BCE)
- Culture
- Casma-Sechin
- Purpose
- Settlement
- Rediscovered
- 1959
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE)
Initial construction
On the ground
Structures & features
9.4649° S · 78.2773° W · 649 m · 4 mapped features
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 629 — Principal FeaturestructureCerro Sechin Temple Sector 6299.4659° S · 78.2763° W
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 629 — Ancillary ComplexcomplexCerro Sechin Temple Sector 6299.4639° S · 78.2777° W
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 629 — Outlier FeatureoutlierCerro Sechin Temple Sector 6299.4631° S · 78.2782° W
- Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 629 — Reservoir/CisternhydraulicCerro Sechin Temple Sector 6299.4661° S · 78.2756° W