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SUB-COMPLEX OF BUILDINGS D
from Urban centers of Caral Civilization: 21 years recovering history on the Social System
by Caral Perú
There are two small buildings (D14 and D15), built on a rocky foothill, high and narrow, of Miraya Mountain. They cover approximately 270 m2.
Only the Minor Public building D14, which had three building stages, has been investigated.
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In the first stage, they built quincha rooms on a quadrangular plan, on top of the rocky foothill. Of these rooms only fragments of floors and pole holes have been preserved. In the second period they built a low terrace to adapt the top of the rocky foothill. On this terrace they built a quincha building with two rooms, one towards the east and the other one towards the north. Both rooms had stairs in their entrance. In the third and last period they added two stone terraces to the existing one, providing the building with a stepped configuration. On the top they built a new building with two rooms, which had the same orientation and size of the former one, but with stonewalls. In the room facing the east they made a central fire pit and in the room towards the north a small bench.