La Galgada

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La Galgada is an important preceramic archaeological site in the northern highlands of Peru, notable for its early monumental architecture and mortuary complexes.

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La Galgada canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
preceramic site ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
culturePeriod Late Preceramic ⓘ
Preceramic Period ⓘ
excavatedBy Alberto Bueno Mendoza ⓘ
Terence Grieder ⓘ
hasFeature burial chambers ⓘ
circular structures ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
mortuary complexes ⓘ
plastered floors ⓘ
platform mounds ⓘ
ritual hearths ⓘ
stone architecture ⓘ
stone-lined tombs ⓘ
subterranean structures ⓘ
hasNo ceramic tradition in main occupation phases ⓘ
knownFor complex mortuary practices ⓘ
early monumental architecture in the Andes ⓘ
evidence of early ritual activity ⓘ
long sequence of preceramic occupation ⓘ
locatedIn Ancash Region ⓘ
Andes ⓘ
Pallasca Province ⓘ
northern highlands of Peru ⓘ
locatedNear Tablachaca River ⓘ
materialCulture bone artifacts ⓘ
gourds ⓘ
plant remains ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
textile fragments ⓘ
partOf Andean preceramic tradition ⓘ
researchFocus development of ritual and ceremonial architecture ⓘ
early Andean mortuary patterns ⓘ
transition from mobile to more sedentary lifeways ⓘ
significance important for chronology of the Andean Preceramic Period ⓘ
key site for understanding early highland ceremonialism in Peru ⓘ
timePeriod early 2nd millennium BC ⓘ
late 3rd millennium BC ⓘ

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