Túcume

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Túcume is a large pre-Columbian archaeological complex in northern Peru, renowned for its numerous adobe pyramids and its importance within the Lambayeque (Sicán) culture.

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Túcume canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
pre-Columbian archaeological complex ⓘ
pyramid complex ⓘ
abandonedIn 16th century ⓘ
artStyle Chimú iconography ⓘ
Lambayeque iconography ⓘ
associatedWith Lambayeque religious traditions ⓘ
myth of Naylamp ⓘ
builtOn La Raya Hill ⓘ
contains elite burials ⓘ
evidence of human sacrifice ⓘ
murals at Huaca Las Balsas ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
culture Chimú culture ⓘ
linked to: Chimu culture

Inca Empire ⓘ
Lambayeque culture ⓘ
Sicán culture ⓘ
excavatedBy Alfredo Narváez ⓘ
Thor Heyerdahl ⓘ
excavationStart 1980s ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
ceremonial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
hasFeature adobe pyramids ⓘ
cemeteries ⓘ
enclosing walls ⓘ
platform mounds ⓘ
plazas ⓘ
residential areas ⓘ
hasMuseum Túcume Site Museum ⓘ
heritageStatus important national heritage site of Peru ⓘ
locatedIn Lambayeque Region ⓘ
Túcume District ⓘ
northern Peru ⓘ
locatedNear city of Chiclayo ⓘ
linked to: Chiclayo
majorStructure Huaca 1 ⓘ
Huaca 2 ⓘ
Huaca 3 ⓘ
linked to: Huaca del Pueblo

Huaca Larga ⓘ
Huaca Las Balsas ⓘ
Huaca del Pueblo ⓘ
material adobe brick ⓘ
mudbrick ⓘ
numberOfPyramids more than 20 ⓘ
partOf La Leche Valley ⓘ
Lambayeque Valley ⓘ
startDate around 1000 CE ⓘ
tourism major archaeological tourist attraction in northern Peru ⓘ
usedUntil late 15th century ⓘ

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