During the Andean Middle Horizon (CE 600–1000), the highland Wari emerged as an expansive power that formed the largest pre-Inka imperial project in the Andes. Although territorially discontinuous, the introduction of Wari state institutions to disparate regions of Peru knit together far-flung and diverse social groups. Recent excavations at Pakaytambo in southern Peru have uncovered a Wari ritual complex replete with a d-shaped temple, patio-group architecture, and monumental platform construction. The complex was established in the upper Majes-Chuquibamba drainage of Arequipa at ∼ 1700 masl and was strategically placed along a major pre-Inka road at the nexus of highland-coastal populations and socio-ecological zones. In this article, excavations at Pakaytambo are presented and discussed in terms of architectural canons, site chronology, and material studies in consideration to broader changes during the late Middle Horizon. d-shaped temples represent the most ubiquitous form of civic-ceremonial architecture related to Wari religious institutions and imperial ideology. Thus, Pakaytambo provides invaluable insights into the production of state authority through public ritual and performance in regions beyond a state heartland. A focus on institutions, their group members, norms, shared objectives, and archaeological patterning provides a middle-level unit of social analysis complimentary to high theory of the state.

在安第斯中部地平线（公元 600-1000 年）期间，瓦里高地崛起为一股扩张的力量，形成了安第斯山脉最大的前印加帝国工程。尽管在领土上是不连续的，但瓦里国家机构在秘鲁不同地区的引入将分布广泛且多样化的社会群体联系在一起。最近在秘鲁南部的 Pakaytambo 进行的挖掘发现了一个充满d的 Wari 仪式复合体形的寺庙，天井群建筑和巨大的平台建设。该建筑群建于距今约 1700 年的阿雷基帕 Majes-Chuquibamba 流域上游，战略性地位于高地-沿海人口和社会-生态区连接处的一条主要前印加道路沿线。在本文中，考虑到中部地平线后期更广泛的变化，从建筑经典、遗址年表和材料研究的角度介绍和讨论了 Pakaytambo 的发掘。d形的寺庙代表了与瓦里宗教机构和帝国意识形态相关的最普遍的公民仪式建筑形式。因此，Pakaytambo 提供了宝贵的见解，通过国家中心地带以外地区的公共仪式和表演来产生国家权威。对制度、其团体成员、规范、共同目标和考古模式的关注提供了一个与高级国家理论互补的社会分析的中层单元。