Kotosh archaeological site

E390200

archaeological site ceremonial center pre-Columbian site

Kotosh archaeological site is an ancient ceremonial complex in Peru known for its early temple architecture and distinctive "Temple of the Crossed Hands."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kotosh archaeological site canonical	2
Kotosh site	1
Maranga archaeological complex	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ ceremonial center ⓘ pre-Columbian site ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Kotosh tradition ⓘ surface form: Mito tradition
chronology	Initial Period ⓘ Late Preceramic period ⓘ
country	Peru ⓘ
culture	Kotosh culture ⓘ
distanceFrom	about 5 kilometers west of Huánuco city ⓘ
earliestOccupation	late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1900 meters above sea level ⓘ
excavatedBy	Japanese-Peruvian archaeological mission ⓘ Seichi Izumi NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationStartDate	1958 ⓘ
floruit	c. 2000–1200 BCE ⓘ
function	ceremonial center ⓘ religious site ⓘ
hasFeature	crossed hands reliefs ⓘ niches in walls ⓘ painted walls ⓘ plastered walls ⓘ stone and mud architecture ⓘ subterranean chambers ⓘ sunken hearths ⓘ
hasPart	Temple of the Bench ⓘ Temple of the Crossed Hands ⓘ Temple of the Niches ⓘ superimposed temple structures ⓘ
influenced	later Andean temple architecture ⓘ
knownFor	Temple of the Crossed Hands ⓘ early temple architecture ⓘ ritual architecture ⓘ
locatedIn	Huánuco Region ⓘ
locatedInValley	Huallaga Valley ⓘ surface form: Huallaga River valley
locatedNear	Huánuco city ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Higueras River ⓘ
materialCulture	early ceramics ⓘ figurines ⓘ stone tools ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
partOf	Andean archaeological heritage ⓘ
preservationStatus	partially restored ⓘ
region	central highlands of Peru ⓘ
religiousIconography	anthropomorphic motifs ⓘ crossed human hands in high relief ⓘ
significance	evidence for early ritual architecture in the Andes ⓘ one of the earliest known temple complexes in Peru ⓘ

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Subject: Kotosh archaeological site
Description of subject: Kotosh archaeological site is an ancient ceremonial complex in Peru known for its early temple architecture and distinctive "Temple of the Crossed Hands."

Referenced by (4)

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

Huánuco Region → contains → Kotosh archaeological site ⓘ

Lima culture period → hasSite → Kotosh archaeological site ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maranga archaeological complex

Kotosh tradition → namedAfter → Kotosh archaeological site ⓘ

Kotosh tradition → hasPart → Kotosh archaeological site ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kotosh site