Viracochapampa,
Huiracochapampa, or Wiracochapampa (possibly from
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
''wiraqucha'': mister, sir, gentleman, god; or ''
Wiracocha'': one of the greatest Andean divinities; and ''pampa'': plain)
[Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary), p. 136 (see ''wiraqucha'') and p. 209 (see ''wiracocha'')] is an
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology a ...
with the remains of a building complex of
ancient Peru
The Andean civilizations were complex societies of many cultures and peoples mainly developed in the river valleys of the coastal deserts of Peru. They stretched from the Andes of southern Colombia southward down the Andes to Chile and northwest ...
of pre-Inca times. It was one of the administrative centers of the
Wari culture
The Wari ( es, Huari) were a Middle Horizon civilization that flourished in the south-central Andes and coastal area of modern-day Peru, from about 500 to 1000 AD.
Wari, as the former capital city was called, is located north-east of the mo ...
. Viracochapampa is located about 3.5 km north of
Huamachuco
Huamachuco (possibly from Quechua ''waman'', falcon or variable hawk, and Kulyi ''chuco'', earth or land, "land of falcons") is a town in northern Peru and capital of the province Sánchez Carrión in La Libertad Region. The city is the se ...
in the region of
La Libertad at an elevation of .
Chronology
The site was occupied from the late Middle Horizon 1B time to the first decades of period 2A, according to the chronology established by Dorothy Menzel, taking as reference the classic division of Horizons and Intermediate by
John Rowe. These correspond to the 7th and 8th centuries of our era.
See also
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Marcahuamachuco
Marcahuamachuco is an archeological site of Pre-Incan ruins in the La Libertad Region of Peru. Although less well-known than other sites, it is considered significant and has been referred to by archaeologists as " Machu Picchu of the North" a ...
*
Chimu
Chimor (also Kingdom of Chimor or Chimú Empire) was the political grouping of the Chimú culture. The culture arose about 900 AD, succeeding the Moche culture, and was later conquered by the Inca emperor Topa Inca Yupanqui around 1470, fifty y ...
*
Mochica
*
Trujillo
References
Further reading
* Denise Pozzi–Escot Buenano: ''Historia del Perú III. El Perú Antiguo III'' (500-1400) ''El Horizonte Medio y los estados regionales'', Empresa Editora El Comercio S.A., Lima, 2010.
* Kauffmann Doig, Federico: ''Historia y arte del Perú antiguo''. Tomo 3. Lima, Ediciones PEISA, 2002.
* Lumbreras, Luis Guillermo: “El Imperio Wari”. Incluido en ''Historia del Perú''. Tomo II. Perú Antiguo. Lima, Editorial Juan Mejía Baca, 1980.
* Makowski, Krzysztof: "Primeras civilizaciones," ''Enciclopedia Temática del Perú'', Tomo 2. Lima, Empresa Editora “El Comercio” S.A., 2004.
* Santillana, Julián I.: «Los estados panandinos: Wari y Tiwanaku». Incluida en ''Historia del Perú''. Lexus Editores. Barcelona, 2000.
* Tauro del Pino, Alberto: ''Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú,''Tercera Edición. Tomo 17. VAC/ZUZ. Lima, PEISA, 2001.
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