Kotosh

Kotosh stands beside the Higueras River near Huánuco, where ancient builders raised a sequence of ceremonial structures over many centuries. Its best-known chamber, the Temple of the Crossed Hands, takes its name from clay reliefs of paired crossed forearms set beneath niches in the walls. The small rooms and their central hearths belong to a remarkably early tradition of Andean ceremonial architecture, predating pottery in the region.

The later city of Huánuco lies here.