Archaeologists find cemetery pre - Inca in district of Huanchaco

The remains were found on April 18, though excavations began on 11th September in the district of Huanchaco, Trujillo province in La Libertad. The works are part of Huanchaco Archaeological Program, which is sponsored by Peru Innovate Program, the Ministry of Production and the Research of the National University of Trujillo (UNT).

The human remains belonging to the Inca and Chimu cultures, between 500 and 1000 years old, were found in what would be a pre Inca cemetery, in an area of 40 square meters, a few meters from the side of the Virgin church Candelaria del Socorro, a tourist area of the traditional spa. Each found tomb consists of bones, pottery, necklaces and dunks.

Archaeologist Carlos Osores Mendives said eight complete individuals and other loose debris individuals were found. "In total we could it speak eight intact tombs and loose bones of more than a dozen people possibly" he said.

After the discovery of the pieces, these will move into UNT lab for analysis and determine their cultural affiliation and identification of individuals. Still they work in the area archaeologists digging and it is possible find more graves and individuals.

Source: Portal de Turismo. 

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National Museum of Archaeology of Peru will be built in Lurin

National Museum of Archaeology of Peru (MUNA) will be the largest in the country and its rooms showcase the immense historical and cultural center of one of the cradles of world civilization legacy. That will come true in a sector of the archaeological site Pachacamac (Lurin, Lima), to display in the same space more than 500,000 pieces of historical and cultural value of ancient Peru, and present.

MUNA is the acronym for the future National Museum of Archaeology of Peru, the colossus of five levels to be erected at kilometer 31 of the Panamericana Sur. In the MUNA the archaeological heritage of the country will be divided into two main sectors: past and present. In its halls evidence of all cultures and civilizations that developed in the current Peruvian territory before the arrival of the Spaniards, including the 100 tombs found around the museum are displayed in Lima.

Source: La Republica.

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Ninety archaeological sites identified in Arequipa

An important finding in Arequipa. A total of 90 archaeological sites were identified in the district of Ayo province of Castilla, during a field inspection carried out in the last two months of 2015, with the purpose of verifying the cultural and tourism potential that exists in this locality.

In the archaeological inspection platforms identified in 70%, housing sectors by 20% and funerary complexes by 10%. The discovery of walls, towers, platforms and irrigation canals of various dimensions was reported.

Orthogonal architectural structures (rooms and courtyards) and circular plants (chullpas), built with volcanic stone and mud mortar were also found.

In the vast majority of sites fragments of ceramic household and remains a lesser amount of ceramic decorations ceremonial use in high and low relief, in which they have used colors like red, green and white were located; possibly belonging to the Huari culture (600 A.D.-100 A.D.) which they were established in Arequipa and southern Peru.

Source: Peru 21.

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