El Brujo — Cao Viejo Extension
Early Intermediate to Wari (200 BCE–800 CE)·Moche V to Wari·🇵🇪 La Libertad Region, Peru
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About El Brujo — Cao Viejo Extension
El Brujo — Cao Viejo Extension in La Libertad Region, Peru is a Early Intermediate to Wari (200 BCE–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Moche V to Wari. Stepped pyramid Huaca Cao Viejo with Lady of Cao tattooed mummy (2006) and Moche murals. Régulo Franco: Lady of Cao sacrificed elite female with tattoos, Moche murals of prisoners.
Why it mattersType-site for highland Moche V to Wari occupation
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Culture chronology refinement
- 02Imperial administration model
Theories
- 01Defensive puna adaptation
- 02Wari imperial expansion
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. 300 CE Huaca Cao
- Period
- Early Intermediate to Wari (200 BCE–800 CE)
- Culture
- Moche V to Wari
- Purpose
- Stepped pyramid Huaca Cao Viejo with Lady of Cao tattooed mummy (2006) and Moche murals
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 300 CE Huaca Cao
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
7.9100° S · 79.3050° W · 15 m · 3 mapped features
- El Brujo — Cao Viejo Extension — Plaza and Platform CoreplazaCentral plaza and platform mound7.9098° S · 79.3049° W
- El Brujo — Cao Viejo Extension — Residential SectorresidentialDomestic sector7.9102° S · 79.3048° W
- El Brujo — Cao Viejo Extension — Cemetery ExtensionnecropolisAssociated shaft or chamber cemetery7.9096° S · 79.3052° W
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