Cosma in Context, the Peruvian Late Preceramic

The Late Preceramic:

Kotosh-Mito Tradition

Late Preceramic/Initial Period Architectural Traditions: The Highlands

To learn more about the "original" and most thoroughly researched Kotosh-Mito sites in the Andean Highlands, click on one of the site photos below.

Type Site: Kotosh

Huanuco

Type Site: La Galgada

Ancash

Type Site: Piruru

Huanuco

Type Site: Huaricoto

ANCASH

Late Preceramic/Initial Period Architectural Traditions: The Coast

To learn more about some of the earliest architectural traditions on the coast, including some with "ventilated hearth" structures -- similar to those found in the Highlands, click on the separate site photos below.

Type Site: Caral/Supe

Norte Chico TRADITIOn

Type Site: Casma Valley

ANCASH