Viracochapampa

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Viracochapampa is an important archaeological site in the northern Peruvian highlands that served as a provincial administrative and ceremonial center of the Wari civilization.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Viracochapampa canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Wari site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
pre-Columbian site ⓘ
associatedWithCivilization Wari Empire ⓘ
surface form: Wari civilization
belongsToTradition Andean urban planning ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
culture Wari Empire ⓘ
surface form: Wari culture
elevation highland ⓘ
endDateApproximate 10th century ⓘ
era pre-Inca ⓘ
excavatedBy Peruvian archaeologists ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFeature enclosing walls ⓘ
galleries and corridors ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
orthogonal layout ⓘ
plazas ⓘ
rectangular compounds ⓘ
stone masonry buildings ⓘ
hasFunction administrative ⓘ
ceremonial ⓘ
residential ⓘ
hasResearchTopic Andean state formation ⓘ
Wari provincial administration ⓘ
pre-Inca urbanism ⓘ
heritageDesignation national archaeological heritage of Peru ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity La Libertad Region ⓘ
locatedInCountry Peru ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Peruvian highlands ⓘ
locatedNearCity Huamachuco ⓘ
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
material adobe ⓘ
stone ⓘ
nearbyModernCountryCapital Lima ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Wari provincial network ⓘ
relatedSite Huari culture ⓘ
surface form: Huari

Jincamocco ⓘ
Pikillaqta ⓘ
startDateApproximate 8th century ⓘ
timePeriod Andean Middle Horizon ⓘ
Middle Horizon ⓘ
usedAs ceremonial center ⓘ
provincial administrative center ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Wari Empire → majorSite → Viracochapampa ⓘ
Huari culture → hadMajorSite → Viracochapampa ⓘ