Montegrande (archaeological site)

This article is about the excavated pyramid in Peru. For the Mesozoic site in Spain, see Monte Grande Formation.
Montegrande
Coordinates5°42′57″S 78°47′37″W / 5.71583°S 78.79361°W / -5.71583; -78.79361
Typesettlement
Area2 acres[1]
History
Founded3000 BCE
CulturesMayo-Chinchipe
Site notes
ArchaeologistsFrancisco Valdez (Ecuador)
Quirino Olivera (Peru)[2]

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.

  1. ^ Connecting Two Realms: Archaeologists rethink the early civilizations of the Amazon, Roger Atwood, Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America, July/August 2017
  2. ^ a b "Montegrande: el templo ceremonial escondido que une a Perú y Ecuador [FOTOS]". Lima: El Comercio. 5 October 2018.