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.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Viracochapampa canonical 2

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

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