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<< Text Pages >> Pacopampa - Ancient Temple in Peru

Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 04 October 2009  Page Views: 36028

Multi-periodSite Name: Pacopampa
Country: Peru
NOTE: This site is 45.212 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple

Latitude: 6.334S  Longitude: 79.016W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ancient Ceremonial Site in Cajamarca Department of Peru.
Town site including a 3 tier stepped pyramid. Occupation from 2500 BC - 0.

Considered a ceremonial site.

Website: www.pacopampa.com

Note: Sacrificed "Lady of Pacopampa" found at Northern Peru Ceremonial Site.
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Japanese help uncover ancient Peru remains by bat400 on Monday, 05 October 2009
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A joint Japanese-Peruvian archeological mission has uncovered the remains of a pre-Incan woman sacrificed …

LIMA (AFP) – A joint Japanese-Peruvian archeological mission has uncovered the remains of a pre-Incan woman sacrificed more than 2,000 years ago in the Andean nation, experts told local media Wednesday.
"The bones were discovered in a fetal position, with the legs bound by a cord that has been preserved despite the passage of the centuries," Japanese researcher Yuji Seki told the El Comercio daily.

The remains were uncovered at an archeological complex in northern Peru's Cajamarca department, where several previous discoveries of ancient remains have been made.

Baptized the "Lady of Pacopampa" after the site in the northern highlands where she was found, she was 1.55 meters (five feet one inch) tall, and was surrounded in her tomb with several gold artifacts including pendants, necklaces and plates, according to the researchers.

Seki said the woman was between 30 and 40 years old and lived 800 to 900 years before Christ, which would make the Lady of Pacopampa considerably older than most excavated or mummified bodies found in Peru.

The remains of the woman were discovered in Pacopampa, in Chota province of Cajamarca, some 850 kilometers (530 miles) northeast of the capital Lima.
A previous study from Pacopampa noted that several remains discovered at the important Andean ceremonial site date from the Formative Period between 2500 BC and 0 AD.



Source: Associated Press.
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