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Multi-periodSite Name: Mina PrimaveraCountry: Peru
NOTE: This site is 6.961 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Nasca, Ica
Latitude: 14.643S Longitude: 75.123W
Condition:
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Ancient Mine in Ica State, Peru.
Mina Primavera was a hematite (Fe2O3) mine developed by the Nasca and succeeding Wari cultures beginning roughly 2000 years ago. Iron ore mining has been thought to exist only in old world cultures, with new world peoples exploiting surface deposits of iron bearing minerals (ochres). Despite the wide spread use of iron materials as paints and dyes in Peruvian ceramics and textiles, there has been no known example or contact era literature that describes intensive exploitation of such ores in the Central Andes and few examples elsewhere in the Americas. Mina Primavera changes that.
Researchers Kevin Vaughn (Purdue University,) Moises Grados (Proyecto Nasca Temprano,) and some others in the relatively new field of Archaeotechnology have been studying the works at Mina Primavera as well as the evidence ceramics using hematite based paint originating from the mine.
Mina Primavera was used as a “cave” storage area by modern miners, who secured their equipment by placing a door at the entrance, but did not closely examine the area at the back of the cavity. Researches have determined the “cave” to be a man-made mine that yielded an estimated 3700 tonnes of hematite over a 1000 year period. Tools, pottery, textiles and other items have dated the active periods of mining and indicate that raw ore was also prepared at the site for transportation as material ready for use to make paints and dyes.
Note: The location is approximate to bluffs above the river junction.
The Journal of Metals article may be found in their Dec 2007 issue.
Note: Archaeotechnologists describe Andean iron mine.
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