<< Text Pages >> Laynes Vicus Site - Ancient Village or Settlement in Peru
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Multi-periodSite Name: Laynes Vicus SiteCountry: Peru
NOTE: This site is 50.753 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Piura, Piura Peru Nearest Village: Laynes, Piura Peru
Latitude: 5.233S Longitude: 80.054W
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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Mounds, Adobe Pyramids, and Platforms in Piura Department, Peru.
Discovered by a construction crew in January 2008, the structures are much eroded and covered in a layer of sand and soil. Finds are indicative of a culture designated Vicus, which was originally known only from their looted ceramics found on the antiquities market. Since then actual sites associated with the culture and been found and dated to 200BC through 300AD.
The site near Laynes consists of 6 to 10 adobe "pyramids" although some reports describe one large pyramid and multiple smaller "public" structures. Numbers of structures also vary among reports. With similar contradiction the site is reported to cover areas from 500 square meters to 2 by 1.5 km. As more information is available, this description will be edited.
The location given is to the village nearby, not the site itself.
Note: Adobe pyramid complex discovered in northern Peru.
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