HISTORY OF PERU SERIES – Part 5: THE PUCLLANA PERIOD

A.D. 200 –  650/800 -   The Lima Culture: Betwixt or Amidst the Moche and the Nasca By Paul Goulder  –The fifth of a series of articles on Peru’s history, incorporating stories from the Peruvian Times archives, as well as links to videos, audio and other external sources to provide a rich background of information.  –  Two seemingly archaic [...]

History of Peru Series – Part 4: TRANSITION – The decline of Chavín and the rise of the Lima Culture: Huallamarca

By Paul Goulder – Special* to the Peruvian Times —– We are now at 200 BC and have travelled in the series from the beginnings of the city (urbanized existence) through a long stretch of Peruvian history in which the development of monumental architecture, irrigation systems, ceramics and textiles are underpinning more complex social and [...]

LOOKING BACK: Two Thousand Years Ago: Settlers on the Chillón

By James Vreeland  Published in  The Lima Times* November 28, 1975 In 1900 BC less than 2,000 people lived in the lower Chillón Valley to the north of Lima. But for this ancient era, several centuries before the invention of pottery, such a figure could be considered a sizable coastal valley population, for many Andeans [...]

Excavations at Warivilca reveal 700 A.D. burial of young boy and offerings

The remains of a young boy and the offering of a small animal –which could be a baby llama or a dog– have been unearthed at the beginning of new excavations at Warivilca, a 1,300-year-old archaeological site just south of Huancayo, in Peru’s central highlands.

Inca and pre-Inca tombs found in Arequipa park during remodelling

More than 60 Inca and pre-Inca tombs, as well as ceramics, were found by city workers in Arequipa’s Selva Alegre Ecological Park, daily Peru21 reported Tuesday.

Peru authorities crack down on smuggling of antiquities, return ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets to Iraq

Peruvian authorities and the Andean country’s National Culture Institute, INC, have been leading a campaign to stamp out the trade in antiquities illegally smuggled from Peru, reporting the seizure of more than 1,200 cultural and national heritage artifacts in 2008. “Last year, we stopped 1,235 cultural objects from being smuggled out of Peru,” said the [...]

Evicted Pomac Forest Historical Sanctuary squatters damaged or destroyed at least 400 pre-Inca ruins

Although an offical survey of the damage caused by more than 250 squatting families in the Pomac Forest Historical Sanctuary has yet to be completed, local authorities have reported that at least 400 pre-Inca ruins have been damaged or destroyed. “Arduous work will be required for research and for the site’s conservation,” said Carlos Elera [...]

Poll: Majority of Peruvians favor tourism development bill for archaeological sites

Sixty-six percent of Peruvians support proposed legislation to usher in the concession of hotels and restaurants adjacent to Peru’s archaeological ruins and historic sites to spur tourism, according to a national poll published in Sunday’s El Comercio newspaper.