Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo
Initial Period (2000–1500 BCE) Collud-Zarcillo with charcoal 1600 BCE, Olmec-style mural earliest Americas·North Coast Initial Period (Cupisnique antecedent with Chavín precursor mural 1500 BCE)·🇵🇪 Lambayeque, Chiclayo Province, Ventarrón, Collud Valley, Pomalca near Chiclayo, Ventarrón hill, Peru
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About Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo
Ventarrón excavated by Alva 2007–, 2000 BCE mural oldest Americas. Recorded context — Period: Initial Period (2000–1500 BCE) Collud-Zarcillo with charcoal 1600 BCE, Olmec-style mural earliest Americas; Culture: North Coast Initial Period (Cupisnique antecedent with Chavín precursor mural 1500 BCE); Field status: excavated; Materials: adobe polychrome mural (red, yellow, white), clay plaster; Condition: preserved — fire 2017 damaged mural.
Why it mattersKey North Coast Initial Period (Cupisnique antecedent with Chavín precursor mural 1500 BCE) temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 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
- c. 2000 BCE temple with deer net mural; 1500 BCE Olmec-style? mural
- Period
- Initial Period (2000–1500 BCE) Collud-Zarcillo with charcoal 1600 BCE, Olmec-style mural earliest Americas
- Culture
- North Coast Initial Period (Cupisnique antecedent with Chavín precursor mural 1500 BCE)
- Purpose
- Temple with 2000 BCE polychrome mural (red hunter net with deer 3 m) — oldest mural in Americas 1500 BCE Ventarrón red-yellow 3-tier stair temple
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1915
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo
On the ground
Structures & features
6.8030° S · 79.7650° W · 110 m · 3 mapped features
- Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — Principal Templetempletemple at Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — outlier feature6.8030° S · 79.7651° W
- Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — Northern Altaraltaraltar at Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — subsidiary complex6.8022° S · 79.7644° W
- Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — Southern Shrineshrineshrine at Ventarrón — Murals of Collud Temple Chiclayo — primary structure6.8040° S · 79.7669° W