Sechín Alto

E1017061

archaeological site ceremonial center pre-Columbian site

Sechín Alto is a monumental pre-Columbian archaeological complex on Peru’s north-central coast, notable for its massive platform mound and role in early Andean ceremonial and political development.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sechín Alto canonical	2
Sechin Alto	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ ceremonial center ⓘ pre-Columbian site ⓘ
associatedWith	Sechín culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalPhase	early monumental center in Casma Valley ⓘ
constructedBy	complex chiefdom-level society ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Peru ⓘ
culturalPeriod	Early Formative Period NERFINISHED ⓘ Initial Period of Andean prehistory ⓘ
discoveredBy	Julio C. Tello NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	circa 900 BCE ⓘ
hasApproximateArea	over 300 hectares ⓘ
hasApproximateHeight	about 35 meters ⓘ
hasApproximateLength	over 1 kilometer ⓘ
hasFeature	adobe constructions ⓘ massive platform mound ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ plazas ⓘ stone constructions ⓘ sunken courts ⓘ terraces ⓘ
hasStructureType	platform mound ⓘ pyramidal mound ⓘ sunken plaza ⓘ
heritageStatus	national cultural heritage of Peru ⓘ
locatedIn	Ancash Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Casma Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru ⓘ
locatedOn	north-central coast of Peru ⓘ
materialUsed	adobe ⓘ stone ⓘ
near	Cerro Sechín NERFINISHED ⓘ Pampa de las Llamas–Moxeke NERFINISHED ⓘ Sechín Bajo NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Casma–Sechín archaeological complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Sechín Alto complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchInterest	development of early Andean states ⓘ origins of monumental architecture in the Andes ⓘ
significance	early Andean ceremonial development ⓘ early Andean political centralization ⓘ
startDate	circa 1800 BCE ⓘ
usedFor	administrative functions ⓘ ceremonial activities ⓘ political activities ⓘ ritual gatherings ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Formative Period in the Andes → hasNotableSite → Sechín Alto ⓘ

Formative Horizon → associatedWithSite → Sechín Alto ⓘ

Casma–Sechin culture → hasSite → Sechín Alto ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sechin Alto