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Multi-periodSite Name: Huaca la Puertenciaria de la Meseta Alternative Name: The PenitentiaryCountry: Peru
NOTE: This site is 10.561 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 6.233S Longitude: 77.873W
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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Huaca la Puertenciaria de la Meseta, Ancient Village or Settlement in Peru.
Massive stone and earth platforms and the stone buildings they support stand around a plaza of 300ft by 200 ft. Decorative motifs indicate that this was built by the Chachapoyas culture.
However, tthe location is farther east and outside of the "cloud forests" where other Chachapoyas sites lie.
The location given is for Chachapoyas, the principal town in the region, not for the recent discovery. As more information becomes available, an accurate location will be supplied,
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