page_title: Túcume
hierarchical_section_title: Túcume
caption_attribution_description: English: The Valleys of Túcume or the Túcume mounds is one of the most important archaeological sites of Peru. Located near the city of Chiclayo, it is composed of a complex of 26 pyramids covering an area of around 220 hectares from the Lambayeque (Sican), Chimú and Inca cultures. Túcume dates from the 11th to 15th century AD.
context_page_description: Túcume is a pre-Hispanic site in Peru, south of the La Leche River on a plain around La Raya Mountain. It covers an area of over 540 acres and encompassing 26 major pyramids and mounds. The area is referred to as Purgatorio by local people.
  The site was a major regional center, maybe even the capital of the successive occupations of the area by the Lambayeque/Sican, Chimú and Inca. Local shaman healers invoke power of Tucume and La Raya Mountain in their rituals, and local people fear these sites.
  The vast plains of Túcume are part of the Lambayeque region, the largest valley of the north coast of Peru. The Lambayeque Valley is the site of scores of natural and man-made waterways and is also a region containing the remains of about 250 decaying and heavily eroded mud-brick pyramids.
context_section_description: Túcume is a pre-Hispanic site in Peru, south of the La Leche River on a plain around La Raya Mountain. It covers an area of over 540 acres (220 ha) and encompassing 26 major pyramids and mounds. The area is referred to as Purgatorio (purgatory) by local people.
  The site was a major regional center, maybe even the capital of the successive occupations of the area by the Lambayeque/Sican (800-1350 AD), Chimú (1350–1450 AD) and Inca (1450–1532 AD). Local shaman healers (curanderos) invoke power of Tucume and La Raya Mountain in their rituals, and local people fear these sites.
  The vast plains of Túcume are part of the Lambayeque region, the largest valley of the north coast of Peru. The Lambayeque Valley is the site of scores of natural and man-made waterways and is also a region containing the remains of about 250 decaying and heavily eroded mud-brick pyramids.
caption: The Túcume mounds
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