Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector
Middle Horizon Wari Empire (600–1000 CE) capital Wari·Wari (Huari) imperial·🇵🇪 Ayacucho, Wari (Huari), 22 km NE Ayacucho city, Capilla Pata, Peru
About
About Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector
Ayacucho Wari excavated by Lumbreras & Isbell 1970s–, first Andean orthogonal city before Inca. Recorded context — Period: Middle Horizon Wari Empire (600–1000 CE) capital Wari; Culture: Wari (Huari) imperial; Field status: excavated; Materials: stone, plaster, Wari orange pottery; Condition: ruins — damaged.
Why it mattersKey Wari (Huari) imperial ancient-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Observatory
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. 600 CE city; Capilla Pata 700 CE
- Period
- Middle Horizon Wari Empire (600–1000 CE) capital Wari
- Culture
- Wari (Huari) imperial
- Purpose
- Wari imperial capital (2000 ha, 70,000 inhabitants) — Capilla Pata orthogonal palace compounds (100+), first Andean empire city grid
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1952
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 600 CE city; Capilla Pata 700 CE
Initial construction / first occupation at Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector
c. 1200 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector
On the ground
Structures & features
13.0600° S · 74.1980° W · 2800 m · 3 mapped features
- Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector — subsidiary complex13.0618° S · 74.1984° W
- Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector — subsidiary complex13.0601° S · 74.1994° W
- Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector — subsidiary complex13.0604° S · 74.1994° W
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