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.
