U-shaped power: Infantas and the ritual-political nexus of Formative-period monumentality in the Chillón Valley, Perú

Christian Mesía-Montenegro; Miguel Cornejo-Guerrero; Angel Sanchez-Borjas

doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.10140

U-shaped power: Infantas and the ritual-political nexus of Formative-period monumentality in the Chillón Valley, Perú

Christian Mesía-Montenegro
, Miguel Cornejo-Guerrero
, Angel Sanchez-Borjas

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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Abstract

Excavations at the Infantas complex in Chillón Valley, Perú, revealed a U-shaped monumental centre with a central mound, clay staircase and columned atrium. Aligned with structures from the Rímac and Lurín valleys, these complexes anchored ritual-political power, serving as hubs for ideological integration and territorial organisation in early Andean societies.

Original language	English
Article number	e57
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	99
Issue number	408
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10140
State	Published - 1 Dec 2025

Keywords

Andes
Chavín
Formative period
South America
embedded religiousness
power dynamics
sustainable heritage

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