Cerro Sechín

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archaeological site ceremonial center

Cerro Sechín is an early archaeological site on Peru’s north-central coast, notable for its carved stone reliefs depicting ritual violence and its importance in understanding the region’s Formative period cultures.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cerro Sechin 2
Cerro Sechín canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
ceremonial center ⓘ
artStyle relief sculpture ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Formative Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Initial Period of Andean chronology ⓘ
belongsToTradition north-central coast Formative tradition ⓘ
chronologicalContext early Andean civilization ⓘ
constructionTechnique stone masonry with carved monoliths ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
culture Casma culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredBy Julio C. Tello NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryDate 1937 ⓘ
elevation low hill adjacent to valley floor ⓘ
estimatedConstructionDate c. 1800–1500 BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy Julio C. Tello NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toribio Mejía Xesspe NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature perimeter wall with carved monoliths ⓘ
rectangular plaza ⓘ
stone-faced platform ⓘ
function ceremonial complex ⓘ
ritual center ⓘ
hasReliefsCount over 300 carved stone slabs (approximate) GENERATED ⓘ
heritageStatus protected archaeological monument of Peru ⓘ
iconography dismembered human bodies ⓘ
trophy heads ⓘ
warriors ⓘ
locatedIn Ancash Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Casma Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn north-central coast of Peru ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
near Casma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sechín River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor carved stone reliefs ⓘ
depictions of ritual violence ⓘ
megalithic stone slabs ⓘ
partOf Sechín archaeological complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
region north-central Andes coastal region ⓘ
relatedSite Casma–Sechín archaeological complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sechín Alto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sechín Bajo NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchTopic development of early monumental architecture in the Andes ⓘ
origins of Andean warfare ⓘ
ritual violence in pre-Columbian Peru ⓘ
significance important for study of Formative period societies on Peru’s north coast ⓘ
key site for understanding early Andean ceremonialism ⓘ

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

Formative Horizon → associatedWithSite → Cerro Sechín ⓘ
Casma–Sechin culture → hasCapital → Cerro Sechín ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cerro Sechin
Casma–Sechin culture → hasSite → Cerro Sechín ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cerro Sechin