Title

Huaca Pucllana Miraflores, Lima, Peru, 2015.

Caption

Huaca Pucllana or Huaca Juliana (possibly from Quechua wak'a, a local shrine to a protector deity, a sacred place, sacred, pukllana game) is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms. 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.

Date

0

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Luis Rosendo

Reference

HRM19F07_153

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

69.8Mo (5.3Mo) / 51.2cm x 34.1cm / 6048 x 4032 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph ceremonial great pyramid place sacred Peru Lima clay important between Built served adobe miraflores photograph Luis Rosendo Administrative Center Huaca Pucllana Huaca Juliana local shrine protector deity seven staggered platforms 200 AD - 700 AD