Cerro Baúl
Cerro Baúl | |
| Location | Moquegua, Peru |
|---|---|
| Region | Moquegua |
| Coordinates | 17°6′43.614″S 70°51′31.716″W / 17.11211500°S 70.85881000°W |
| History | |
| Abandoned | approximately A. D. 1475 |
| Cultures | Wari culture |
| Events | Conquered by: The Inca army |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1989, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2006-7, 2010, 2012 |
| Archaeologists | Robert Pritzker, Donna Nash, Patrick Ryan Williams, Johny Isla, Michael E. Moseley, Nicola Sharratt, Robert Feldman |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | Wari |
| Architectural details | Number of temples: two |
Cerro Baúl (Spanish: Cerro "hill", Spanish: Baúl "trunk" (i.e. a place to store treasured items)) is an ancient political outpost and ceremonial center settlement in Peru established by the pre-Incan empire called the Wari. Cerro Baúl is a terraced mountain, 2000 feet above its surroundings, with a settlement on the cliff tops themselves and in the immediate surroundings. Among other finds are the remnants of a brewery and large buildings that may have been used for ceremonial feasting. There is evidence of damage that has been interpreted as a careful and deliberate destruction, by the city's own people, of several buildings prior to the mesa's being vacated.