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Recuay

Highland herders and warriors of the Callejón de Huaylas who carved stone monoliths of armed chiefs and built the first fortified hilltop towns of the Andes.

Declined by ~600 AD as the expanding Wari state absorbed the central highlands.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Recuay — the shape you scrub through changes in 200 BC · 301.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 300 Recuay fortress-towns rise in Ancash In the Callejón de Huaylas, the Recuay carve stone monoliths of armed lords and build some of the earliest fortified hilltop towns in the Andes.

Further reading

• Ancient South America Karen Olsen Bruhns · 1994

  The Recuay of the Callejon de Huaylas within a survey of ancient South America (broad context).

• The Ancient Civilizations of Peru J. Alden Mason · 1957

  Highland cultures of the central Andes, including Recuay, in this classic survey of ancient Peru.

Sources

• Recuay culture — Wikipedia