Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9
Period Bronze Age·Regional culture Americas-Mound·🇵🇪 Peru Region 9, Peru
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About Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9
Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9 in Peru Region 9, Peru is a Bronze Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Bronze Age; Culture: Regional culture Americas-Mound; Field status: ongoing; Materials: basalt, plaster; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Americas-Mound earthwork with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Ceremonial centre
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. 500 BCE
- Period
- Period Bronze Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Americas-Mound
- Purpose
- earthwork ritual/settlement purpose for Americas-Mound
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1931
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 1200 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9
c. 500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9
On the ground
Structures & features
14.5577° S · 13.8608° E · 99 m · 3 mapped features
- Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9 — Principal Rampartrampartrampart at Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9 — outlier feature14.5595° S · 13.8628° E
- Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9 — Northern Ditchditchditch at Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9 — primary structure14.5566° S · 13.8628° E
- Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9 — Southern Entranceentranceentrance at Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9 — primary structure14.5587° S · 13.8598° E