🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Pachacamac
Wari to Late Horizon (200 – 1533 CE) · Wari / Ychsma / Inca
Pachacamac in Lima, Peru is a Wari to Late Horizon (200 – 1533 CE) temple complex attributed to Wari / Ychsma / Inca culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Písac (Písaq)
Late Horizon Inca Imperial 1440–1530 CE (built under Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui) · Inca (Quechua, Late Horizon, Sacred Valley expansion)
Inca royal estate and agricultural terraces considered among finest Inca ashlar engineering beyond Machu Picchu: Intihuatana (Sun-hitching stone) solstice-gnomon ridge, Qalla Q'asa fortress on…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Pampa de Majes Geoglyphs
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate Wari-Chuquibamba · Wari-influenced Majes valley
35+ broad trapezoidal geoglyphs (600-900 CE) on Pampa de Majes with 600-m highways converging on cairn huacas.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Garagay Alt
Early Formative (1400 – 800 BCE) · Cupisnique / Chavín-related
Garagay Alt in Lima, Peru is a Early Formative (1400 – 800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Cupisnique / Chavín-related culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Garagay Polychrome Pyramid
Formative Period (Cupisnique-Chavín / Manchay-Chavínoid, 1500–600 BCE, peak 1300–1000 BCE) · Chavínoid (Cupisnique/Chavín, Central Coast)
Chavínoid ceremonial center (Cupisnique-Chavín 1500–600 BCE, peak 1200 BCE) on north bank Rímac: U-shaped complex with central pyramid 85×60 m 25 m high in three construction phases, lateral…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
El Paraiso (Chuquitanta) Preceramic Complex
Late Preceramic (3500–1800 BCE, peak 2200–1800 BCE, Cotton Preceramic) · Late Preceramic (Chillon Valley, pre-Carral, Andean initial urbanism)
Largest Late Preceramic (3500–1800 BCE, peak 2200–2000 BCE) architectural complex on Central Coast: 14 structures (huacas) over 47–58 ha in Chillon Valley 2 km from Pacific.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Choquequirao — Northern Terrace Coriwayrachina Saddle Sector
Late Horizon Inca (c.1450 – 1572 CE) · Inca (Quechua) Pachacuti — Tupac Yupanqui
Choquequirao northern Coriwayrachina saddle — Inca terraces 4 m and quartz llama enclosures across saddle from central plaza.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Pampa Colorada Geoglyphs (Caravelí — Ayla Bridge)
Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon (Nazca-Caravelí / Huari) · Nazca-Caravelí desert pampa tradition
Broad, crimson deflation plain (890 m, 15°52′11″S 74°05′23″W per Maplandia 15.8697S 74.0897W) north of the Atico drainage, bearing 30+ linear geoglyphs: 90-310 m cleared lines, 45 m trapezoid, and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Gran Vilaya – Chachapoya Citadel Network
Late Intermediate Period – Late Horizon (800–1536 CE, Chachapoya → Inca 1470) · Chachapoya (Luya) → Inca (mitma occupation)
Vast Chachapoya hilltop conurbation (800–1470 CE, Inca conquest 1470) 7 km north of Kuelap, comprising 30+ registered citadels on 15 km2 ridge: massive circular stone houses 10 m diameter with…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
La Galgada Pyramidal Complex (Tablachaca)
Late Preceramic to Initial Period (Kotosh–Mito tradition) · Kotosh / highland Áncash (Mito tradition)
Kotosh-tradition dual pyramid at La Galgada — twin U-platform pyramids 30 m with niched temple 2200–1000 BCE and textile tombs, Tablachaca canyon.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Moro-Casma Desert Pampa Geoglyphs (Áncash)
Initial Period to Early Horizon (Sechín-Casma) · Sechín / Casma
Arid pampa (210 m, 9°28′48″S 78°18′00″W) between Río Casma and Río Sechín, extension north of known Sechín Bajo pyramid (1800 BCE) pampa lines.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock-cut
Qenqo
Inca (1400 – 1532 CE) · Inca
Qenqo in Cusco, Peru is a Inca (1400 – 1532 CE) rock_cut attributed to Inca culture. Q'inqu (zig-zag) – Inca huaca with 19-niche amphitheater, carved puma, subterranean altar for capacocha.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wiracochapampa
Middle Horizon (600 – 800 CE) · Wari (Huari)
Wiracochapampa in La Libertad, Peru is a Middle Horizon (600 – 800 CE) ancient city attributed to Wari (Huari) culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca La Florida (Rímac Valley Temple U)
Initial Period (1800–800 BCE) · Pre-Cupisnique / Rímac Initial Period (Manchay-related)
Early U-shaped pyramid Huaca La Florida (1700–1000 BCE) Rímac Valley: 17 m central pyramid with 300×200 m U arms enclosing 140×80 m plaza — Pre-Inca Lima's earliest mega-temple.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wiracochapampa – Northern Wari Fortress
Middle Horizon Wari Empire (600–750 CE, occupied 600–700) · Wari (Huari) imperial colony
Northernmost major Wari provincial center (600–700 CE, abortive) on Cajabamba road 10 km N of Huamachuco at 3100 m: orthogonal Wari cellular town plan 400×500 m with D-shaped temple, plaza, barracks…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Tucume Huaca Larga Pyramid — Lambayeque
Late Intermediate, c.1100-1530 CE (Lambayeque / Sicán–Chimú) · Andean (Lambayeque / Sicán)
Túcume (ancient Tucume, El Purgatorio) Lambayeque: 26-pyramid field dominated by Huaca Larga (700 m long, 280 m wide, 30 m high) — one of largest adobe pyramids globally, built by Lambayeque/Sicán…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Incahuasi de Lunahuaná (Cañete)
Late Horizon Inca Imperial (1480–1536 CE) · Inca (Topa Inca Yupanqui – Wanka campaign)
Planned Inca city founded by Topa Inca Yupanqui c.1480 to replicate Cusco as headquarters for conquering Guarco (Huarcu) kingdom of Cañete valley: full Qorikancha-like Temple of the Sun with…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Piruru
Formative to Early Intermediate · Kotosh–Chavín–Wari local (Tantamayo highland)
Formative hilltop temple-citadel (1500 BCE–1000 CE) above Tantamayo on knife-edge jalca ridgetop at 3900 m, with Kotosh-tradition rock-walled temple pyramid 15 m, sunken court, and...
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Huaycán de Cieneguilla
Middle Horizon to Late Horizon · Wari–Ychsma–Inca (Lurín valley)
Qhapaq Ñan valley-center (900–1470 CE) on left bank Lurín River in Cieneguilla gorge at 560 m, with 15-m adobe pyramid on Wari enclosure, Ychsma repainted palace, Inca kallanka hal...
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Yalape Chachapoya Fortress
Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (900–1536 CE) · Chachapoya (Levanto) → Inca (mitma gate)
Hilltop Chachapoya fortress-village (900–1470 CE, Inca-enhanced 1470–1530) 26 km SW of Chachapoyas city: D-shaped 4 ha walled enclosure 3–5 m high following limestone ridge, enclosing 40+ circular…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca Pucllana — Ancillary Ramp North (Lima, Wari-Lima)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Huaca Pucllana — Ancillary Ramp North (Lima, Wari-Lima) in Lima, Miraflores, Huaca Pucllana, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attrib…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca Soledad (Casma Valley) Pyramid Mound
Initial Period (Casma–Sechín culture) · Sechín / Casma (Initial Period)
Casma-Sechín satellite pyramid at Huaca Soledad — 35 m platform pyramid 8 m high c.1600 BCE, part of Sechín Alto 300 m cluster.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Galindo
Late Moche (600 – 800 CE) · Moche (Late Moche)
Galindo in La Libertad, Peru is a Late Moche (600 – 800 CE) ancient city attributed to Moche (Late Moche) culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke — Pyramid North (Casma)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke — Pyramid North (Casma) in Ancash, Casma, Moxeke, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…