Huaca del Sol

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Huaca del Sol is a massive adobe pyramid and ceremonial center built by the Moche civilization on Peru’s northern coast.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Huaca del Sol canonical 9
Huacas del Sol y de la Luna 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Moche monument
archaeological site
pyramid
adjacentTo Huaca de la Luna
associatedWith Moche iconography
Moche religious practices
builtBy Moche culture
surface form: Moche people

Moche rulers
civilization Moche culture
surface form: Moche civilization
constructionPeriod Early Intermediate Period
circa 1st–7th century CE
country Peru
culture Moche culture
excavatedBy archaeologists
function seat of Moche political power
hasFeature courtyards
large adobe platforms
ramps
terraces
height approximately 40 meters (originally)
heritageStatus important pre-Columbian monument
languageOfName Spanish
length approximately 340 meters (base)
locatedIn La Libertad Region
Moche Valley
northern coast of Peru
material adobe bricks
mud brick
nameMeaning Temple of the Sun
near Moche River
modern city of Trujillo
numberOfLevels multiple platforms
partOf Moche archaeological complex
surface form: Huacas de Moche

Moche archaeological complex
preColumbian yes
region North Coast of Peru archaeological region
shape stepped pyramid
significance one of the largest adobe structures in the Americas
threatenedBy El Niño
surface form: El Niño events

erosion
looting
touristAttraction yes
usedFor administrative center
ceremonial purposes
political center
religious rituals
width approximately 160 meters (base)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Trujillo nearbyArchaeologicalSite Huaca del Sol
Moche culture majorSite Huaca del Sol
northern Peru hasArchaeologicalSite Huaca del Sol
subject surface form: Northern Peru
Moche Valley hasArchaeologicalSite Huaca del Sol
Huaca de la Luna near Huaca del Sol
Huaca de la Luna hasViewOf Huaca del Sol
La Libertad Region hasTouristAttraction Huaca del Sol
this entity surface form: Huacas del Sol y de la Luna
Moche River near Huaca del Sol
Cerro Blanco (Moche Valley) near Huaca del Sol