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<< Other Photo Pages >> Wari - Vegachayoq Moqo - Ancient Temple in Peru

Submitted by bat400 on Thursday, 19 June 2014  Page Views: 3686

Multi-periodSite Name: Wari - Vegachayoq Moqo Alternative Name: El Templo Mayor
Country: Peru Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Huamanga  Nearest Village: Quinua
Latitude: 13.0597S  Longitude: 74.1998W
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Wari - Vegachayoq Moqo
Wari - Vegachayoq Moqo submitted by bat400_photo : View of the courtyard and western boundary. The "D-shaped" foundation dates to the use of the site as a mortuary complex. Photo by: anaiz kusedy; loxitu helada Original description: "esto es una "mesa redonda" qe realmente son sillas, donde (segun el guia) se reunian los de alto rando de la civilizacion a tomar decisiones. al costado se ven peqeños huecos dodne depositavan ofrendas a sus ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Huanta Province, Ayacucho Region.
Vegachayoq Moqo is a large courtyard and building complex set within terraces created in a surrounding man-made earthen pyramid. It's oldest portions date to ~500 AD. It is the largest excavated portion of the Wari (Huari) capitol, although much of the complex is still unexcavated.

The courtyard is quadrilateral (roughly 20 x 50m) with walled boundary to the west, earthen mounds to the north and south, and two tiers of wide terraces or galleries (possibly roofed) set with 2m square dressed ashlars above the courtyard along the longest, eastern side. A massive stone wall topped the terraces on the eastern side.

Jessica Joyce Christie (Palaces and Power in the Americas) identifies the original structure as a royal palace, although later development of the site was as an elite tomb complex, so the site may have also functioned as a temple originally. Much later, perhaps when the rest of the structure was in ruins, the site became a general cemetery. Most of the dressed stone ashlars were removed and reused in other locations in Wari.

Source:
Jessica Joyce Christie, Patricia Joan Sarro, Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the Northwest Coast, University of Texas Press, Jan 1, 2010.

Note: Archaeologists find Wari culture artifacts in Ayacucho, Peru.
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Archaeologists find Wari culture artifacts in Ayacucho, Peru by bat400 on Thursday, 19 June 2014
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Archaeologists working at the Wari archaeological complex in the Vegachayoq Moqo sector have made new discoveries that promise to illuminate the mysterious pre-Inca society.

Mario Cueto Cardenas from the Ayacucho Culture Board told Andina that “Archaeologist [José Ochatoma Paravicino of the Universidad San Cristobal de Huamanga] presented a report and is preparing an exposition for the new Wari finds, which will allow us to explore unknown spaces, because [at the Wari site], we’re just getting familiar with the citadel, there are more mysteries that will allow us to better understand their economic and cultural system.”

Juan Arango Claudio, local tourism official, told Andina that “In spite of all the effort that has been expended, we only know a small percentage, that can’t be more than 10%, about the Wari, but we’re hoping that these advances will allow us more tourism flow, because these historical spaces are being evaluated.”

Specifics about the new findings are expected to be announced in coming weeks, Andina reports.

The Wari were an expansive civilization that lived in Peru from around 500 AD to 1000 AD. Their capital city, also called Wari, was located near the city of Ayacucho, in inland Peru.

Thanks to coldrum for the link. Source: http://www.peruthisweek.com
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