Sealing Ritual Spaces of a Formative Site by the Early Cajamarca Culture

Author(s): Yuji Seki; Diana Alemán; Percy Santiago; Nagisa Nakagawa; Megumi Arata

Year: 2016

Summary

Pacopampa is one of the largest ceremonial centers in the Formative Period located at the north highlands of Peru. Almost all the ritual space was destroyed after the Formative Period, however, the square sunken court was reused by the people belonging to the Early Cajamarca Period. Some platforms and rooms were constructed at the center of the court and a series of ritual activities associated with a lot of miniature pottery could be observed. After that unusual activities the court was orderly sealed by thick fill. In this presentation we will show the summary of the ritual activities held there and the process of sealing of the court.

Cite this Record

Sealing Ritual Spaces of a Formative Site by the Early Cajamarca Culture. Yuji Seki, Diana Alemán, Percy Santiago, Nagisa Nakagawa, Megumi Arata. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 404033)

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Keywords

General
Early Cajamarca Period • Formative • Sealing

Geographic Keywords
South America

Spatial Coverage

min long: -93.691; min lat: -56.945 ; max long: -31.113; max lat: 18.48 ;