Pashash — Recuay Capital
Early Intermediate (400 BCE–600 CE)·Recuay (Pashash)·🇵🇪 Ancash Region, Peru
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About Pashash — Recuay Capital
Pashash — Recuay Capital in Ancash Region, Peru is a Early Intermediate (400 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Recuay (Pashash). Hilltop capital with masonry galleries, shaft tombs and Recuay white-on-red pottery capital. Grieder excavations: monumental galleries, shaft tomb at Pashash with Recuay ceramics, type-site for Recuay culture.
Why it mattersType-site for highland Recuay (Pashash) 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. 400 BCE
- Period
- Early Intermediate (400 BCE–600 CE)
- Culture
- Recuay (Pashash)
- Purpose
- Hilltop capital with masonry galleries, shaft tombs and Recuay white-on-red pottery capital
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 400 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
8.4000° S · 78.0500° W · 3225 m · 3 mapped features
Pashash — Recuay Capital — Plaza and Platform Core
plazaCentral plaza and platform mound
8.3998° S · 78.0499° WPashash — Recuay Capital — Residential Sector
residentialDomestic sector
8.4002° S · 78.0498° WPashash — Recuay Capital — Cemetery Extension
necropolisAssociated shaft or chamber cemetery
8.3996° S · 78.0502° W