Tel Floodplain Höyük
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE)·Middle Bronze Age·🇵🇪 Ancash, Peru
About
About Tel Floodplain Höyük
Tel Floodplain Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) tell attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through systematic survey and stratigraphic excavation, it presents a central mound with necropolis. Construction employs cyclopean blocks and demonstrates long-distance exchange. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Middle Bronze Age tell with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Social hierarchy and elite control
- 02Cause of abandonment and collapse
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus
- 02Defensive refuge and tribal capital
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. 2091 BCE
- Period
- Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE)
- Culture
- Middle Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Agricultural and hydraulic
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2091 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 1291 BCE
Major expansion and monumental elaboration
c. 794 BCE
Rebuilding and fortification phase
1998
Modern archaeological excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
9.0204° S · 76.7362° W · 1876 m · 3 mapped features
Outlier Panel
petroglyphBurial zone — shaft tombs
9.0188° S · 76.7344° WAncillary Complex
altarBurial zone — rock-cut chambers
9.0211° S · 76.7361° WStela Alignment
enclosureAncillary necropolis associated with main monument
9.0201° S · 76.7373° W