Sunday 6 October 2013

Huaca Pucllana, Lima


The Huaca Pucllana is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, built from seven staggered platforms. It takes its name from the Quechua word "pucllay," meaning "game," which in its entirety can be translated as "a place for ritual games." It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD.






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