Evidence of ritual entombment and architectural renovation in a plaza at Huaca Pucllana

Abstract

Archaeological excavations in the northeast sector of the archaeological site of Pucllana exposed an accumulation of cultural debris lying on the surface of a door. The context of these findings and the analysis of the building sequence
demonstrate that these materials came from the upper part of a sunken plaza. The analysis of the artifacts shows that they were remnants of large-scale food consumption and the result of a complex sequence of ritual performances.
According to this evidence, we propose that the plaza was ritually entombed. The events of interest belong to the Middle Horizon 1A, the height of Lima urban centers on the Central Coast of Peru.