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Multi-periodSite Name: Rio Abiseo National Park Alternative Name: Abiseo River BasinCountry: Peru
NOTE: This site is 91.058 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: East of Trujillo Nearest Village: province of Mariscal Caceres
Latitude: 7.75S Longitude: 77.25W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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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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 |
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The Rio Abiseo National Park is located in the San Martín region of Peru between the Marañón and Huallaga rivers, the park has an area of approximately 2,745.2 square kilometres. UNESCO pronounced it as Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity (World Heritage Site) in 1990.< br />
The residents of this area were the Chachapoyas, also know as "The Warriors of the Clouds". They were an Andean people living in the cloud forests of the Amazonas region of present-day Peru. The Incas conquered their civilization shortly before the arrival of the Spanish in Peru. When the Spanish arrived in Peru in the 16th century, the Chachapoyas were one of the many nations ruled by the Inca Empire. Their incorporation into the Inca Empire had not been easy, due to their constant resistance to the Inca troops.
The chronicler, Pedro Cieza de León, wrote the following of the Chachapoyas: “They are the whitest and most handsome of all the people that I have seen in Indies, and their wives were so beautiful that because of their gentleness, many of them deserved to be the Incas' wives and to also be taken to the Sun Temple (...) The women and their husbands always dressed in woolen clothes and in their heads they wear their llautos, which are a sign they wear to be known everywhere.”
Recorded accounts, such as that of Cieza de León, indicate that the Chachapoyas had lighter skin than other South American peoples and blond hair. This poses an enduring mystery for scholars of the region as to their ultimate origin.
Photo slide show by Enrico Martino which shows many of the archaeological sites
Wikipedia on the Chachapoyas Culture.
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