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Pampa de las Llamas
Pampa de las Llamas (pampa-de-las-llamas-casma)
Classic·Maya/Andean·🇵🇪 Peru, Ancash, Peru
About
About Pampa de las Llamas
Pampa de las Llamas — gridded storage city 200×100 m with 700 identical 2×3 m adobe magazines — earliest Andean state storage. Recorded context — Period: Classic; Culture: Maya/Andean; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: limestone, earth; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey reference for regional chronology and architectural phasing.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Function vs symbolic meaning
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre model
- 02Territorial marker
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.600–900 CE (Classic)
- Period
- Classic
- Culture
- Maya/Andean
- Builders
- Regional builders
- Purpose
- Ceremonial and administrative center
- Abandoned
- c.900 CE
- Rediscovered
- 20th century; INAH/Proyecto excavations
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.600 CE
Initial construction
c.900 CE
Major refurbishment and abandonment
1970s
Modern excavation and consolidation
On the ground
Structures & features
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