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Within the monumental complex of Zone A of Cahuachi, the Templo Sur represents an important building, connected directly to the Gran Pirámide on the east side thereof. This temple was seriously damaged by alluvial phenomena that led to the destruction of most of the ceremonial center, as well as by a very severe earthquake. The function of Templo Sur is similar to that of the other temples, although the anomalous dimension of the structures shows greater monumentality. Since its construction, Templo Sur has had considerable importance in the life of the religious center.
With the contribution of Nicola Masini regarding the geophysical part added at the end of this chapter.
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The set of structures that forms the core of Cahuachi appears to be enclosed within two large enclosures of perimeter walls, named Zones A and B in the Nasca Project. The first group includes the monumental Gran Pirámide, Gran Templo, Templo del Escalonado, Templo Sur, and others, while the demarcation of area B surrounds some temple complexes to the west of the ceremonial center. There is also a Zone C, which coincides with the westernmost sector at Cahuachi, including the entire Estaquería site. This was used during the development of the five architectural phases of the ceremonial center and remained in operation even throughout the last two centuries of Nasca Culture.
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This is a system made up of frusto conical or cylindrical structures constructed from fragments of adobe in clay, and subsequently earth and other cultural materials resulting from the ceremonial activities carried out at Cahuachi.
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The investigative campaigns directed by Nicola Masini and Rosa Lasaponara took place in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015. They consisted of: geoelectrical surveys (2011), acquired and processed by Luigi Capozzoli, Enzo Rizzo, and Gerardo Romano; ground truth verification by Nicola Masini in 2012; georadar survey by Capozzoli and Romano in 2014; and UAV-based surveys by Antonio Pecci in 2015. Giovanni Leucci contributed to the processing of georadar data with the third visualization of iso-amplitudes. Maria Sileo conducted geomagnetic surveys at the bottom of Templo Sur, the results of which will be published soon after this writing. For additional details on geophysical surveying in Templo Sur, see Chap. 20 by Masini et al.
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Masini N, Rizzo E, Capozzoli L, Leucci G, Pecci A, Romano G, Sileo M, Lasaponara R (2016) From remote sensing to geophysics: preventive archaeology in Cahuachi and in the Nasca territory. In: Lasaponara R, Masini N, Orefici (eds) Ancient Nasca world. New insights from science and archaeology, Springer, Heidelberg (chapter 20)
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Orefici, G. (2016). Recent Discoveries in Cahuachi: The Templo Sur . In: Lasaponara, R., Masini, N., Orefici, G. (eds) The Ancient Nasca World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47052-8_16
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