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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Caral Pyramid Major North Platform in Lima, Supe, Caral, Peru is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Early Horizon to Early Intermediate (Chavín / Lima) · Chavín-influenced central coast / Lima
Low pampa (420 m) between Río Chillón and Río Chancay, on the desert margin of Lima, with 20 hill-slope and pampa geoglyphs: 50-120 m linear avenues, 25 m double spiral, and 18-35 m anthropomorphs on…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period Manchay 1700–900 BCE, pre-Chavín U-shaped temple · Manchay (Rímac-Lurín U-shaped temple tradition)
Southern secondary platform of Huaca La Florida (1700 BCE), largest adobe U-shaped temple in Rímac valley: main pyramid 170×100 m 17 m high with central stair to atrium; secondary south arm 60 m long…
🇵🇪 Peru · Tomb
Late Intermediate (c.1200–1470 CE) Chancay · Chancay
Cerro Trinidad is the classic Chancay funerary ridge cemetery in the lower Chancay Valley near Chancay port, Lima.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (c.900–1470 CE) Huaura – Chancay – Inca · Huaura – Chancay (Coastal)
Acaray (often misattributed as 'Inca fortress') crowns a tabular hill 6 km inland in the lower Huaura Valley, Lima, at 250 m.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Caral Shicra Pyramid Amphitheatre in Lima, Caral Shicra, Peru is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Initial Period to Late Intermediate (Casma-Sechín to Chimú) · Casma-Sechín / Paramonga / Chimú
Inter-valley pampa (380 m) between Río Pativilca and Río Fortaleza, 4 km east of Paramonga fortress, with 26 anthropogenic lines and trapezoids on pale alluvial terrace.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Archaic (3000 – 1800 BCE) · Caral-Supe
Aspero in Lima, Peru is a Late Archaic (3000 – 1800 BCE) ancient city attributed to Caral-Supe culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon, c.200 BCE–600 CE (Lima / Pinazo) · Andean (Lima / Pinazo)
Huaca Huallamarca (originally Pancho Fierro) in San Isidro, Lima: truncated adobe pyramid 85×70 m base, 20 m high, with interior ramps and courts.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Initial Period to Late Horizon ~1500 BCE–1532 CE · Andean (Chavín-influenced to Inca)
450 boulder petroglyph field above Chillón River with 3,500-year rayed-head tradition.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
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 · Temple complex
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
Middle Horizon, c.500-700 CE (Lima to Wari, Middle Horizon) · Andean (Lima / Wari)
Huaca Pucllana (Huaca Juliana) in Miraflores, Lima: stepped pyramid 22 m high, 7 platforms made of vertical adobe books (librero technique) — adobitos stacked vertically for seismic resistance.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period to Early Horizon (2200–800 BCE) · Andean Initial Period (Rímac tradition, pre-Chavín)
Initial Period U-shaped pyramid 11 km up Rímac Valley (c.1500 BCE, 17 m high, 500 m arms).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
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
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Caral — North Pyramid Ancillary Plaza Amphitheater (Supe) in Lima, Barranca, Caral, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to O…
