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MINOR PUBLIC PYRAMIDAL BUILDING WITH SUNKEN CIRCULAR PLAZA EMBEDED IN QUADRANGULAR PLATFORM B1
from Urban centers of Caral Civilization: 21 years recovering history on the Social System
by Caral Perú
Stepped pyramidal building, of quadrangular plan, 55 m long and eight meter high, with sunken circular plaza, embedded in a quadrangular platform. On top of the building they built a ceremonial hall and other rooms. A central staircase, located in the main façade, connected the sunken circular plaza with the top of the building. In the west side of the pyramid they attached two other architectural components; with a quadrangular public space and a stepped architectonic volume standing out, on top of which they built small rooms with niches an subterranean ceremonial chamber.
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This building formed part of a complex architectonic set, with two other buildings still partially investigated.
FINDINGS IN THE MINOR PUBLIC BUILDING WITH SUNKEN CIRCULAR PLAZA EMBEDDED IN THE AUQDRANGULAR PLATFORM B1
Fragment of unfired clay female sculpture.