A Highland Peruvian ceremonial center on the Tablachaca River (Santa River tributary), La Galgada is one of the best-documented examples of the Kotosh Religious Tradition, featuring corbelled burial chambers and evidence of organized ceremonial and mortuary practices during the Preceramic period.
La Galgada was abandoned around 1300 BCE as the Chavin cultural style rose to dominance in northern Peru, ending the site's role as a Kotosh Religious Tradition ceremonial centre.
The definitive monograph on La Galgada, based on excavations in the late 1970s and early 1980s; covers architecture, burials, and the site's role within the Kotosh Religious Tradition.
Places La Galgada within the broader pattern of early Andean ceremonial architecture, comparing it with coastal and highland contemporaries.
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