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MINOR PUBLIC PYRAMIDAL BUILDING E1 “LAS HORNACINAS BUILDING”

It is a building of quadrangular plan, located in the settlement’s southern area. It was built with overlapped platforms of cut stones and central and lateral staircases, to access the rooms on the top, such as the ceremonial hall, where a quadrangular fire pit was located. The main façade faced the north, towards the Central

Plaza. The building was 1,897 m2 long and 4.5 m high.

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They built the walls in regular courses, with stones, a building technique that has also been registered in Vichama (Huaura valley) and Miraya (Supe valley).

Common mussel Aulacomya ater) pendants.

Findings In The Minor Public Building E1

Grinder with red pigment.

Clay piruro (spindle whorl).

Spondylus sp. pendant.

Tubular bead, made of sedimentary stone.

Fragment of stone mortar.