Urban design of the Initial Formative period

For the Lurihuasi layout, builders took into account the ground relief; they placed the buildings on adapted mounds and hillsides. Architectonic blocks, organized in relation to Major or Minor Public Pyramidal buildings, have been identified. They added other minor residential structures to the public buildings. Each core was comprised by buildings that had several social purposes: ceremonial, administrative and residential.

Building distribution followed the natural morphology of the gully. All main facades looked towards the gully’s central space.

All their buildings had stonewalls joined with mud mortar; quincha or adobe walls were not found.

PUBLIC PYRAMIDAL BUILDING E2

RESIDENTIAL UNIT B

MINOR PUBLIC PYRAMIDAL BUILDING A3

MAJOR PUBLIC PYRAMIDAL BUILDING C2

Stepped pyramidal building, 65 m long, 46 m wide and 20 m high. A central staircase, towards the southeast, leads to the top of the building, where they built a ceremonial hall with benches and rooms with niches. In the northern area they placed a minor building, of a quadrangular plan, 25 m long and four meter high, on top of which they built residential rooms. They refurbished the building continuously and thus increased its size. In a middle period, the corners of the building were designed to be curved.

Fragment of a flute, made of mammal bone.

Textile wrap, cotton balls and vegetable fibers.

Fragment of unfired clay sculpture.