Chan Chan Tschudi Palace Audience Hall
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇵🇪 La Libertad, Peru
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About Chan Chan Tschudi Palace Audience Hall
Chan Chan Tschudi Palace Audience Hall in La Libertad, Peru is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal walled area 12 ha and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at -8.1100N -79.0760E controls access to La Libertad resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient city for La Libertad, illustrating Bronze Age construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Regional urban centre controlling trade and administration
- Rediscovered
- 1995 survey
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction of Chan Chan Tschudi Palace Audience Hall main structure
c. 1935
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1995–2010
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Chan Chan Tschudi Palace Audience Hall) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
8.1100° S · 79.0760° W · 325 m · 3 mapped features
Chan Chan Tschudi Palace Audience Hall — Main Structure
structurePrincipal ancient city — Walled area 12 ha with diagnostic masonry/panel
8.1092° S · 79.0751° WChan Chan Tschudi Palace Audience Hall — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
8.1110° S · 79.0767° WChan Chan Tschudi Palace Audience Hall — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial
8.1085° S · 79.0748° W