<< Text Pages >> Cantamarca - Ancient Village or Settlement in Peru
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Multi-periodSite Name: CantamarcaCountry: Peru
NOTE: This site is 53.079 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Canta
Latitude: 11.438551S Longitude: 76.590019W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Ancient Settlement in Lima Region, Peru
The main town of the Canta chiefdom in the Rio Chillón valley during the Late Intermediate period (1000-1450 CE).
Several circular structures have been erected on the slope of a hill. There are also many later Inca square structures.
More information at Arqueología del Perú (in Spanish).
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