El Paraíso (Peru)

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El Paraíso (Peru) is an ancient preceramic archaeological complex near Lima, notable as one of the earliest large-scale monumental centers in the central Andes.

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El Paraíso (Peru) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient settlement ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
monumental architectural complex ⓘ
preceramic site ⓘ
associatedWithCulture early Andean civilization ⓘ
preceramic coastal societies ⓘ
comparedWith Caral ⓘ
other early Andean monumental centers ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
culturePeriod Late Archaic Period ⓘ
Preceramic Period ⓘ
discoveredBy Louis Stumer ⓘ
earliestOccupation c. 3000 BCE ⓘ
economyBasedOn cotton cultivation ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gourd cultivation ⓘ
incipient agriculture ⓘ
marine resource exploitation ⓘ
excavatedBy Frederic Engel ⓘ
Jeffrey Quilter ⓘ
function ceremonial center ⓘ
residential center ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf organized construction projects ⓘ
planned architectural layout ⓘ
ritual activities ⓘ
hasFeature central plaza areas ⓘ
complex of multiple architectural units ⓘ
domestic sectors ⓘ
large platform mounds ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
possible ceremonial structures ⓘ
stone and adobe constructions ⓘ
sunken courts ⓘ
heritageStatus important preceramic site of Peru ⓘ
locatedIn Chillón River valley ⓘ
Lima Region ⓘ
central coast of Peru ⓘ
locatedNear Chillón River ⓘ
Lima ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
mainOccupation c. 2500–1800 BCE ⓘ
materialCulture absence of pottery ⓘ
plant remains ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
textile remains ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest large-scale monumental centers in the central Andes ⓘ
evidence of early complex social organization ⓘ
large-scale labor mobilization in preceramic times ⓘ
region central Andes ⓘ
linked to: Central Andes
surveyedBy Frederic Engel ⓘ

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Formative Period in the Andes → hasNotableSite → El Paraíso (Peru) ⓘ