Lurin

Lurin Valley Archaeology
From ROBERT H. TYKOT, NIKOLAAS J. VAN DER MERWE, AND RICHARD L. BURGER, The Importance of Maize in Initial Period and Early Horizon Peru
"The Manchay Culture Sites of the Lurin Valley
The Lurin Valley is a medium-sized valley on Peru’s
central coast that is best known for the archaeological site
of Pachacamac, one of the most important pilgrimage
centers in late Pre-Hispanic times. ... Long before Pachacamac was established, the Lurin Valley was characterized by the Manchay culture, a pre-Chavin cultural pattern that extended from Lurin
through the Rimac Valley, the Chillon Valley, and the
Chancay Valley. The most conspicuous expression of this
culture was numerous public centers with monumental terraced
platforms arranged in a U-shaped ground plan around
a large rectangular plaza area. The Manchay flourished in
the lower and middle valley areas of the central coast during
the Initial Period (1800–800 BC, uncalibrated) and survived
at some sites into the first centuries of the Early Horizon
(800–650 BC, uncalibrated). In the Lurin Valley, seven
civic–ceremonial centers have been identified in the lower
valley and three in the middle valley. The centers of the
Manchay culture seem to have been established at different
points during the Initial Period, and this pattern has been
interpreted as reflecting the gradual settlement of the valley
by irrigation-based farmers as newly constructed gravity
canals gradually brought the valley’s bottomland into cultivation....."

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Pachacamac Site Map
Source:
http://www.pachacamac.net/photos-maps.html

Pachacamac Map

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hmanc

hmipe
Huaca Mina Perdida
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The oldest of the Initial period U-shaped complexes in the Lurin Valley.

huaya
Huaycan Alto, Cieneguilla
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Panoramio

pachs
Pachacamac Huaca del Sol
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Panoramio

pachv
Pachacamac Huaca Vieja
Panoramio

Pampa de las Flores

panrp
Panquilma Ramped Pyramid I

Pachacamac Ramped Pyramid 1

Pachacamac Ramped Pyramid 2

pvipp

Ruinas