Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza
Preceramic to Sechin (Cerro Sechín 1600 BCE temple with 300 warrior stelae; Sechin Bajo 3500 BCE Old Temple plaza circular 1650 BCE square)·Sechin-Casma Early Ceramic (Sechin 1600) over Sechin Bajo Preceramic 3500 BCE square·🇵🇪 Ancash, Casma Province, Cerro Sechín, Casma town vicinity, Sechin Bajo near, Peru
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About Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza
Sechin excavated by Tello 1937 and Fuchs 2002 Sechin Bajo 3500 plaza. Recorded context — Period: Preceramic to Sechin (Cerro Sechín 1600 BCE temple with 300 warrior stelae; Sechin Bajo 3500 BCE Old Temple plaza circular 1650 BCE square); Culture: Sechin-Casma Early Ceramic (Sechin 1600) over Sechin Bajo Preceramic 3500 BCE square; Field status: excavated; Materials: adobe square Sechin Bajo, stone stele Cerro 400, clay fresco blood-gutter; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Sechin-Casma Early Ceramic (Sechin 1600) over Sechin Bajo Preceramic 3500 BCE square temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 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
- 3500 BCE Sechin Bajo plaza circular square; 1600 BCE Sechin stone Stele facade
- Period
- Preceramic to Sechin (Cerro Sechín 1600 BCE temple with 300 warrior stelae; Sechin Bajo 3500 BCE Old Temple plaza circular 1650 BCE square)
- Culture
- Sechin-Casma Early Ceramic (Sechin 1600) over Sechin Bajo Preceramic 3500 BCE square
- Purpose
- 2-temple complex: Sechin Bajo 3500 BCE plaza (Old Temple square and circular 1650 BCE plaza below) + Cerro 1600 BCE façade 400 incised scorched warrior heads 0.8 m each and dismembered bodies — victory fresco after assault battle
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1863
- Excavation
- Excavated
3500 BCE Sechin Bajo plaza circular square; 1600 BCE Sechin stone Stele facade
Initial construction / first occupation at Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza
On the ground
Structures & features
9.4790° S · 78.2570° W · 90 m · 4 mapped features
- Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza — Principal Templetempletemple at Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza — primary structure9.4776° S · 78.2587° W
- Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza — Northern Altaraltaraltar at Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza — outlier feature9.4804° S · 78.2585° W
- Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza — Shrine Annex 3shrineshrine at Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza — outlier feature9.4771° S · 78.2577° W
- Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza — Eastern Templetempletemple at Sechín — Cerro Sechín Victory Mural Excarnated Heads Plaza — outlier feature9.4784° S · 78.2580° W
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