🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Chaviña Pampa Geoglyphs (Lucanas, Ayacucho)
Early Intermediate (Huarpa–Early Wari) · Huarpa / Rancha–Huarpa transition
18+ high-puna (3,200 m) trapezoids and zoomorphs (200 BCE–600 CE) linking Nazca to Wari highlands.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Pisco Valley Geoglyphs
Early Intermediate (Topará / Early Nazca) · Paracas-Topará / Early Nazca
30+ trapezoid and anthropomorph lines (200 BCE–300 CE) on inland Pisco River pampas.
🇵🇪 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 · Geoglyph
Toro Muerto Geoglyphs
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate Wari-Chuquibamba · Wari-influenced Chuquibamba/Majes
60+ volcanic-pavement geoglyphs (600-1200 CE) beside Toro Muerto petroglyphs, Majes Valley ritual plateau.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pañamarca — Moche Painted Pyramid (Nepeña Valley, Ancash, Peru)
Late Moche (500–850 CE), Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon · Moche (Mochica, Late Moche Nepeña polity)
Southernmost monumental Moche centre (550–800 CE, Late Moche) and largest Moche painted pyramid south of Pampa Grande — 20 m-high adobe pyramid (45x35 m platform) set on hill crown dominating Nepeña…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Sihuas Valley Geoglyphs
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate (Wari–Chuquibamba) · Siguas / Wari / Chuquibamba
22 cleared-pavement anthropomorphs and trapezoids (600–1200 CE) on Sihuas bluffs above Toro Muerto.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Temple of Punkuri — Nepeña Valley Feline Pyramid
Initial Period — Sechin (2000–1500 BCE), early Moxeke–Punkuri · Sechin / Moxeke–Punkuri / Cupisnique precursor
Known locally as Punguchuco (door/hat), adobe temple pyramid in Nepeña Valley tributary before Chavín, built by Sechin culture of Casma/Nepeña interaction sphere, contemporary with Sechin Alto and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Miculla Geoglyphs & Petroglyph Field (San Francisco de Miculla)
Archaic to Middle Horizon (Tiwanaku–Wari interaction) · Tiwanaku–Huari interface / Tacna coastal–altiplano
>500 boulders and 40+ desert lines (400–1000 CE peak) at Tacna's Caplina desert gateway.
🇵🇪 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 · Archaeological wonder
Cochabamba (archaeological site)
Cochabamba (possibly from Quechua qucha lake, pampa a large plain) is an archaeological site of the Inca period in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hatun Machay
Hatun Machay (possibly from Quechua hatun big, mach'ay cave) is a rock forest with archaeological remains in Peru. It was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral No.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Huillca Raccay
Huillca Raccay or Huillca Racay (also Willkaraqay or Willka Raqay ) (possibly from Quechua willka grandchild / great-grandson / lineage / minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Vilcanota…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Quebrada Santo Domingo Geoglyphs
Late Formative to Early Intermediate (Salinar–Recuay) · Salinar / Recuay (Pashash)
40+ Salinar–Recuay cleared-pavement geoglyphs (500 BCE–400 CE) on Santa Valley quebrada fans.