🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 850
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 850 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 851
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 851 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 860
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 860 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 879
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 879 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 880
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 880 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 894
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 894 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 905
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 905 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 927
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 927 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 938
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 938 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 959
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 959 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 974
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 974 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 985
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 985 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 99
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 99 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 995
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 995 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 997
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 997 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Hualcayán
Formative to Early Intermediate (Chavín–Recuay) · Chavín–Recuay (Pashash)
Valley-head platform complex (1000 BCE–600 CE) at foot of Cordillera Blanca east of Huaylas, on Hualcayán fan at 3180 m with terraced Chavínoid temple overlain by Recuay galleries,...
🇵🇪 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 · Pyramid
El Purgatorio (Huaca Fortaleza) — Max Andean Pyramid (Casma Valley, Peru)
Late Moche to Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (600–900 CE dominant) · Casma (Sechín) culture, Moche substrate
Largest single adobe structure in Peru and largest pyramid by volume in the New World — 270 m long, 180 m wide, 30 m high truncated pyramid (4 platforms stepped) dominating Casma plain, debated Late…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Casma-Sechin Geoglyphs
Initial Period to Early Intermediate (Sechin-Recuay) · Casma-Sechin / Recuay
Initial Period desert geoglyphs (1800-1000 BCE) on Casma pampa: feline and anthropomorph lines precursing Nazca.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sechin Alto Principal Platform
Initial Period (Casma/Sechin, 1800–900 BCE, peak 1500 BCE) · Casma–Sechin culture (Initial Period, Casma Valley)
Largest Formative Period platform in Americas (1800–900 BCE, Initial Period peak 1500 BCE): principal mound 300×250 m base, 44 m high with two lateral broad platforms forming U around plaza 300×250 m…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex
Early Horizon–Early Intermediate 250–200 BCE (Initial Late Chavín to Wari interstice, Casma-Sechín tradition) · Casma–Sechín / Pampas ( north-central desert, precedent to Moche for Casma valley, not Inca)
Oldest solar observatory in Americas (250–200 BCE): 13 evenly spaced 2–5 m towers on 300 m ridge crest marking annual solar horizon from two enclosed observation pavilions (western fortress hill and…
