Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash
Recuay / Pashash (200 BCE–700 CE) → Wari·Recuay (Pashash culture)·🇵🇪 Ancash, Sihuas Province, Pashash hill, near Cabana, Peru
About
About Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash
Cabana Pashash excavated by Grieder 1970s, Recuay negative resist and Pashabamba stratigraphy. Recorded context — Period: Recuay / Pashash (200 BCE–700 CE) → Wari; Culture: Recuay (Pashash culture); Field status: excavated; Materials: white granite, red plaster; Condition: ruins — looted.
Why it mattersKey Recuay (Pashash culture) ancient-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Astronomical alignment
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Seasonal gathering
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 hill settlement; mausoleums 400 CE
- Period
- Recuay / Pashash (200 BCE–700 CE) → Wari
- Culture
- Recuay (Pashash culture)
- Purpose
- Recuay hilltop mausoleum city — white stone chullpa-like tombs and sunken courts with Recuay negative resist pottery
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1964
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 200 BCE hill settlement; mausoleums 400 CE
Initial construction / first occupation at Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash
On the ground
Structures & features
8.4580° S · 78.0720° W · 3225 m · 4 mapped features
- Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash — outlier feature8.4593° S · 78.0702° W
- Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash — subsidiary complex8.4587° S · 78.0735° W
- Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash — outlier feature8.4587° S · 78.0710° W
- Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash — Eastern Structurestructurestructure at Pashash — Recuay hilltop mausoleums Ancash — primary structure8.4590° S · 78.0729° W