Kuntur Wasi

Kuntur Wasi is the name given to the ruins of a religious center with complex architecture and stone sculptures, located in the Andean highlands of Peru [1]. Kuntur Wasi is located on La Copa hill in the northern Andean highlands of Peru, in the San Pablo Province of the Cajamarca Region, near the village of Kuntur Wasi (formerly known as La Conga) [1]. The site is roughly 2,300 meters above sea level [1]. The architecture consists of a hill-top temple, quadrangular platforms, a sunken courtyard, and series of rooms [1]. Kuntur Wasi is thought to have been occupied between 1100-50 BCE, being initially constructed around 1100-900 BCE [1]. Terraces and a monolith at the site were first reported in 1946, after which Julio C. Tello sent an expedition to investigate [1]. The initial excavation uncovered four more monoliths [1].