🇵🇪 Peru · Buried city
Buried City of New Sura
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Buried City of New Sura in Ancash, Peru is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Dolmen Cairn Höyük
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Dolmen Cairn Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) tell attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Necropolis
Easton Rock Necropolis
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Easton Rock Necropolis in Ancash, Peru is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) necropolis attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Cave
Guitarrero Cave
Lithic – Preceramic (c.12000–8000 BCE earliest; 8600 BCE cultigens) · Andean Lithic / Guitarrero tradition
Guitarrero Cave is a shallow limestone rockshelter on the west flank of the Cordillera Blanca above the Santa River at 2,580 m near Yungay, Ancash.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Huaricanga — Norte Chico Extension
Late Archaic – Early Formative (3500–1800 BCE) · Norte Chico (Caral–Supe)
Huaricanga — Norte Chico Extension in Ancash Region, Peru is a Late Archaic – Early Formative (3500–1800 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Norte Chico (Caral–Supe).
🇵🇪 Peru · Tumulus
Kistvaen Heacham Burial Mound
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Kistvaen Heacham Burial Mound in Ancash, Peru is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) tumulus attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
La Galgada
Late Preceramic / Kotosh Tradition (3000 – 1800 BCE) · Kotosh / La Galgada
La Galgada in Ancash, Peru is a Late Preceramic / Kotosh Tradition (3000 – 1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Kotosh / La Galgada culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tumulus
Low Burial Mound
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Low Burial Mound in Ancash, Peru is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Quarry
Port Playa Quarry
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Port Playa Quarry in Ancash, Peru is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) quarry attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pyramid of Ridge-Scar
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Pyramid of Ridge-Scar in Ancash, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock-cut
Stone-Silver Rock-Cut Complex
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Stone-Silver Rock-Cut Complex in Ancash, Peru is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) rock_cut attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Tel Floodplain Höyük
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Tel Floodplain Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) tell attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Tell el-Glen
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Tell el-Glen in Ancash, Peru is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) tell attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hillfort
Wacheqsa Hill Fort — Conchucos
Early Intermediate (Recuay 200 BCE–600 CE) · Recuay (Pashash)
Wacheqsa Hill Fort — Conchucos in Ancash Region, Peru is a Early Intermediate (Recuay 200 BCE–600 CE) hillfort attributed to Recuay (Pashash).
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Yayno — Huari Fortified City
Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (400–800 CE) · Recuay / Wari influenced
Yayno — Huari Fortified City in Ancash Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (400–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Recuay / Wari influenced. Largest fort in Americas?
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Sechín Bajo Archaeological Site
Late Archaic–Initial 3500–1500 BCE · Casma-Sechín tradition
First Plaza 3500 BCE, Third Platform 16 m × 300 m.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sechín Alto — Principal Platform Mound
Initial Period, c.1800–1200 BCE (Sechin Culture) · Casma-Sechín (Andean Initial Period)
Principal mound at Sechín Alto — largest architectural complex in the Americas before 2000 BCE (c.1800–1200 BCE, Initial Period Sechin Culture), 300 m long, 250 m wide, 35 m high platform mound with…
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Castillo de Huarmey — Wari Imperial Mausoleum
Wari Middle Horizon 600–1000 CE · Wari (Huari imperial)
Wari mausoleum 64 tombs gold queens 600–800 CE, intact 2012.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Chavín de Huántar
Early Horizon / Formative 1200–500 BCE (Old Temple 1200–900, New Temple 750–500 BCE) · Chavín (Early Horizon Andean formative tradition, culmination of Kotosh-Urabarriu)
Andean Formative mother temple (1200–500 BCE) at 3,180 m near Cordillera Blanca with U-shaped Old Temple (1000×100 m) and New Temple Plaza, Lanzón monolith (4.53 m granite anthropomorphic feline with…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Las Haldas Secondary Platform
Initial Period 2200–1000 BCE, Sechín-Casma tradition · Casma-Sechín (Initial Period)
Secondary platform south of main Las Haldas pyramid on coastal terrace 20 m above Pacific tidal flat: 9 m high stepped platform 40×35 m with plastered stair facing sea, contemporary with Sechín Bajo…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Las Aldas
Late Preceramic – Initial Period (c.2500–1000 BCE) – Casma-Sechín · Casma-Sechín (Preceramic to Initial)
Las Aldas is a monumental U-shaped temple-plaza on a coastal eolian terrace at Casma, Ancash, at 30 m above the Pacific.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sechín Alto Principal Platform — Casma
Initial Period, c.1800-1000 BCE (Sechín–Casma) · Andean (Casma–Sechín)
Sechín Alto in Casma Valley (Ancash): huge U-shaped platform compound 300×250 m, 44 m high, with atrium and sunken courts. Excavated by Julio C.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 10
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 10 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.