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MAJOR PUBLIC BUILDING WITH SUNKEN CIRCULAR PLAZA A1
from Urban centers of Caral Civilization: 21 years recovering history on the Social System
by Caral Perú
Located in the central part of Sector A, it is one of the most outstanding buildings of the settlement. It was built on stepped terraces adapted to the ground. It had three components with three areas each. An entrance hall, a ceremonial hall and a higher enclosure have been identified. A central staircase was built-in in the stepped terraces to connect the building with a sunken circular plaza, inserted in a quadrangular platform. The totora fields could be seen from the top of the building.
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Fragments of fabric. Found with botanical remains.
