Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Caral

Location

near Supe

Country

peru

Year of Research

1948

Culture

Paul Kosok discovered Caral in 1948, but it received little attention until recently because it appeared to lack many typical artifacts that were sought at archeological sites throughout the Andes at the time.

It has 5,000 year old city of pyramids in the Peruvian desert, with its fussy complex of temples, an amphitheater and ordinary houses.

The urban complex has an area over 150 acres and it has plazas and residential buildings.

Caral was a advance metropolis at roughly the same time that Egypt great pyramids were being constructed.

Caral is the largest recorded place in the Andean region with dates older than 2000 BCE.It appears to be the model for the urban design adopted by Andean civilizations that rose and fell over the span of four millennia.

It is accepted that the Caral may answer questions about the origins of Andean civilizations and the development of the first cities.