Cardal

A pre-ceramic settlement, one of nine roughly contemporaneous along the Lurin Valley, just outside Lima, that together form the Manchay Culture. Cardal is arranged in a U-shaped formation, with several pyramids, temples, and burial sites. There were no protective walls around the city, indicating a lack of warfare in the region during this time. While some of the Manchay sites go back into the Initial Period, before 1,800 BC, experts believe Cardal started around 1,300 BC.