Kotosh tradition

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Andean cultural tradition archaeological culture

The Kotosh tradition is an early Andean cultural complex centered in the highlands of present-day Peru, known for its distinctive ritual architecture and early religious iconography that helped shape later Andean civilizations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kotosh Religious Tradition	2
Kotosh tradition canonical	1
Mito tradition	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Andean cultural tradition ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ
associatedWith	Kotosh tradition self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kotosh Religious Tradition
chronologicallyFollows	early preceramic Andean cultures ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes	Chavín de Huántar ⓘ surface form: Chavín horizon
country	Peru ⓘ
culturalSphere	North-Central Highlands of Peru ⓘ
culturePeriod	Early Horizon ⓘ
discoveredBy	Japanese archaeological missions ⓘ
endTime	c. 1200 BCE ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPhase	Kotosh Kotosh phase ⓘ surface form: Kotosh phase Mito phase ⓘ Wairajirca phase ⓘ
hasFeature	central hearths ⓘ niched altars ⓘ plastered temple walls ⓘ subterranean chambers ⓘ sunken temple floors ⓘ
hasIconography	anthropomorphic figures ⓘ zoomorphic figures ⓘ
hasPart	Kotosh Kotosh phase ⓘ Kotosh Mito phase ⓘ Kotosh Wairajirca phase ⓘ Kotosh archaeological site ⓘ surface form: Kotosh site La Galgada site ⓘ Shillacoto site ⓘ Wairajirca phase ⓘ
hasType	Formative period culture ⓘ preceramic culture ⓘ
influenced	Chavín culture ⓘ later Andean religious traditions ⓘ
knownFor	crossed-hands motif ⓘ early religious iconography ⓘ ritual architecture ⓘ temples with interior niches ⓘ
locatedIn	Huánuco Region ⓘ Peruvian highlands ⓘ
namedAfter	Kotosh archaeological site ⓘ
partOf	Central Andes ⓘ
region	Upper Huallaga Valley ⓘ
religiousPractice	fire rituals ⓘ offering deposits ⓘ
startTime	c. 2500 BCE ⓘ
studiedBy	Seiichi Izumi NERFINISHED ⓘ
useOfMaterial	adobe ⓘ plaster ⓘ stone ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Early Horizon → influencedCulture → Kotosh tradition ⓘ

Formative Period in the Andes → hasNotableCulture → Kotosh tradition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kotosh Religious Tradition

Kotosh tradition → associatedWith → Kotosh tradition self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kotosh Religious Tradition

Kotosh archaeological site → associatedWithCulture → Kotosh tradition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mito tradition