Evidence regarding Caral–Supe religion is limited: in 2003, an image of the Staff God, a leering figure with a hood and fangs, was found on a gourd that dated to 2250 BC. The Staff God is a major deity of later Andean cultures, and Winifred Creamer suggests the find points to worship of common symbols of deities.

The Norte Chico civilization (also Caral or Caral-Supe civilization was a complex Pre-Columbian society that included as many as 30 major population centers in what is now the Norte Chico region of north-central coastal Peru.

The Caral-Supe/Norte Chico culture flourished for over a thousand years, until roughly 1800 BCE, when it began to decline. Its many temple complexes, once serving as important religious and administrative centers, were eventually abandoned.

La cultura Caral fue considerado un estado teocrático debido a que todos sus desarrollos o actividades fueron basadas en elementos arquitectónicos religiosos; una muestra de ello es la ciudad sagrada de Caral, cuyas construcciones se basaron en la pirámide mayor y otras edificaciones de profundo carácter religioso.

IDEOLOGY AND THE ROLE OF RELIGION. An elaborate system of beliefs, rituals, and ceremonies permeated the societies of the valleys on the coast between the Santa and Chillón rivers and in the neighboring regions of the Andes and surrounding jungle, linked by the dominant political state of Supe, or attracted by its prestige.

2023年2月22日 · Belief: Andean Religion. The sacred city of Caral lies in the Supe Valley in Peru. It sits inland from the coast, with no obvious water sources. So why was such a big settlement created in this location. Evidence suggests that it was a regional trading hub, but was there more to Caral – was there a religious dimension to its rise?

2019年3月3日 · The first intensive investigations began in the 1990s, and the Caral Supe / Norte Chico subsistence was in debate for some time. At first, the society was believed to have been built by hunter-gatherer-fishers, people who tended orchards but otherwise primarily relied on maritime resources.

2015年4月23日 · The prestige of the city of Caral, dwelling place of the gods, and the Sacred Valley of Supe, began to diminish as new poles of development arose, possibly because of the incorporation into ...

2020年10月26日 · The Sacred City of Caral-Supe was constructed by one of the oldest civilizations on the planet, created from the organized labor of its settlers, led by a dominant class, in a territory of contrasting geographic configurations.

The design of the Sacred City reflects the values of the Caral residents and their world view, specifically their religion, political and social systems. The Sacred City of Caral was built on 66 hectares with two distinct zones.