Kotosh (Temple of the Crossed Hands)
Huánuco Region, Peru
Huánuco, Peru
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EST. BCE 2000
EST. BCE 2000
2000 BCE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Kotosh (Temple of the Crossed Hands).
Kotosh preserves several low ceremonial platform mounds built in superimposed construction phases, including the mound that once held the Temple of the Crossed Hands relief, the original of which has been removed to a museum in Lima and replaced on site by a replica. The site is administered by Peru's Ministry of Culture as a protected archaeological zone. It is open to visitors as a ground level ruin with marked pathways.
About Kotosh (Temple of the Crossed Hands)
Kotosh was built by early Andean communities around 2000 BCE as a ceremonial center of small mud temples used for ritual. Its best structure held a niche decorated with the Crossed Hands relief, among the oldest sculptures in the Americas. It gave its name to the Kotosh Religious Tradition, an early temple-building pattern shared across the central Andes.
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