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Montegrande (archaeological site)
Mayo-Chinchipe archaeological site in Peruvian Amazon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the excavated pyramid in Peru. For the Mesozoic site in Spain, see Monte Grande Formation.
Montegrande is an archaeological site in the Cajamarca department of Jaén province in Jaén District, Peru, a spiral temple or enclosure built c. 3000 BCE, by a culture that overlapped the current border with Ecuador. At 5000 years old, the site is as old as Caral.[2] The site is located at the outskirts of the town of Jaén, Peru.
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Coordinates | 5°42′57″S 78°47′37″W |
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Type | settlement |
Area | 2 acres[1] |
History | |
Founded | 3000 BCE |
Cultures | Mayo-Chinchipe |
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Archaeologists | Francisco Valdez (Ecuador) Quirino Olivera (Peru)[2] |
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