Hypothetical8.1300° S · 79.0609° W · 776 m
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 391
Moche (100-800 CE)·Moche·🇵🇪 La Libertad, Peru
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About Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 391
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 391 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex. Recorded context — Period: Moche (100-800 CE); Culture: Moche; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: stone, earth; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Moche temple-complex.
Open questions
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. 1397 BCE
- Period
- Moche (100-800 CE)
- Culture
- Moche
- Purpose
- Settlement
- Rediscovered
- 1910
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Moche (100-800 CE)
Initial construction
On the ground
Structures & features
8.1300° S · 79.0609° W · 776 m · 3 mapped features
- Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 391 — Principal FeaturestructureHuaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 391 at Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 3918.1310° S · 79.0626° W
- Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 391 — Ancillary ComplexcomplexHuaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 391 at Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 3918.1303° S · 79.0605° W
- Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 391 — Outlier FeatureoutlierHuaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 391 at Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 3918.1282° S · 79.0618° W