Huaca Huallamarca Pyramid — San Isidro
Huaca Huallamarca · Pancho Fierro Pyramid · San Isidro Pyramid
Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon, c.200 BCE–600 CE (Lima / Pinazo)·Andean (Lima / Pinazo)·🇵🇪 Lima Metropolitan, Peru
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About Huaca Huallamarca Pyramid — San Isidro
Huaca Huallamarca (originally Pancho Fierro) in San Isidro, Lima: truncated adobe pyramid 85×70 m base, 20 m high, with interior ramps and courts. Excavated by Julio C.Tello (1958) and Clide Valladolid (1960): stratified from Late Formative Pinazo (200 BCE) to Lima (500 CE) and Ychsma-Inca. Museum on site holds Lima mummy bundles (fardos) with stepped textile. Adobe technique contrasts with Pucllana (horizontal vs librero). Urban park, fenced. Demonstrates Lima's extra-Palatial pyramid pair (Pucllana-Hollemarca-Copacabana triad in Lima).
Why it mattersKey Andean (Lima / Pinazo) pyramid with stratified sequence and regional importance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why three Lima pyramids (Pucllana, Huallamarca, Copacabana) within 5 km — polity or cluster
- 02Pinazo vs Lima ceramic transition inside pyramid fill
Theories
- 01Huallamarca as Pinazo precursor then Lima reutilization — continuous sacred geography
- 02Horizontal adobe vs Pucllana librero as different workshops or phases
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.200 BCE (Lima culture, Pinazo phase)
- Period
- Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon, c.200 BCE–600 CE (Lima / Pinazo)
- Culture
- Andean (Lima / Pinazo)
- Builders
- Andean (Lima
- Purpose
- Adobe truncated pyramid in San Isidro Lima (20 m high) with Lima and earlier Pinazo cemeteries, preserved human bundle mummies (fardos)
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.200 BCE (Pinazo)
Initial mound — Pinazo phase burial and platform
c.400 CE (Lima)
Pyramid expanded — Lima culture monumental phase
1958
Tello-Valladolid excavation
1960
Museum site opening
On the ground
Structures & features
12.0810° S · 77.0330° W · 85 m · 2 mapped features
Truncated adobe pyramid mound
pyramid20 m adobe pyramid with interior stair-ramps and summit courtyard, Pinazo to Lima phase stratification
12.0809° S · 77.0329° WFardo cemetery and museum
cemeteryLima mummy bundle cemetery (fardos) with stepped textile and false heads, inside pyramid fill and flanks
12.0811° S · 77.0331° W
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