Cerro Baúl
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Cerro Baúl (Spanish: Cerro "hill", Spanish: Baúl "trunk" (i.e. a place to store treasured items)) is an ancient political outpost and ceremonial center settlement in Peru established by the pre-Incan empire called the Wari. Cerro Baúl is a terraced mountain, 2000 feet above its surroundings, with a settlement on the cliff tops themselves and in the immediate surroundings. Among other finds are the remnants of a brewery and large buildings that may have been used for ceremonial feasting. There is evidence of damage that has been interpreted as a careful and deliberate destruction, by the city's own people, of several buildings prior to the mesa's being vacated.
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Location | Moquegua, Peru |
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Region | Moquegua |
Coordinates | 17°6′43.614″S 70°51′31.716″W |
History | |
Abandoned | approximately A. D. 1475 |
Cultures | Wari culture |
Events | Conquered by: The Inca army |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1989, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2006-7, 2010, 2012 |
Archaeologists | Robert Pritzker, Donna Nash, Patrick Ryan Williams, Johny Isla, Michael E. Moseley, Nicola Sharratt, Robert Feldman |
Architecture | |
Architectural styles | Wari |
Architectural details | Number of temples: two |
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