Bandurria, Peru

Bandurria is located near the Santa Rosa irrigation project [1]. Part of the archaeological site has been destroyed as a result of water infiltration when the irrigation project started in 1973 [1]. This was when the site was discovered by archeologists [1]. The site was investigated by Rosa Fung in 1973 and 1977 [1]. These investigations concluded that the site belongs to the Late Archaic period, from the 4th to the 3rd millennium BCE [1]. Some of the radiocarbon dates obtained were between 2,500 and 2,300 BCE [1]. Bandurria represents an early coastal fishing settlement featuring the first evidence of a ceremonial stone architecture [1]. Bandurria has architecture similar to that of Caral and several other sites in the Supe Valley, featuring a sunken circular plaza and stairways [1].