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<< Text Pages >> La Arena Tallan - Ancient Village or Settlement in Peru

Submitted by bat400 on Wednesday, 09 July 2014  Page Views: 2097

Multi-periodSite Name: La Arena Tallan
Country: Peru Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Piura  Nearest Village: La Arena
Latitude: 5.34S  Longitude: 80.71W
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
2 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 Settlement in Piura Provence.
A recently studied find described as an administrative center or warehouse for a Tallan culture community. The Tallan culture (Late Intermidiate, 1000 - 1200 AD in the Piura region,) existed in what is now Northern Peru and Ecuador.

Archaeologists say they found necklaces, ceramic pieces and other fragments in the area.

The site location is general for the nearest village, La Arena. It does not reflect the actual location of the ruin.

Note: Authorities Find Pre-Inca Site in Northern Piura Region. See comment.
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Ancient administrative complex discovered in northern Peru by bat400 on Wednesday, 09 July 2014
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Archaeologists working in the northern Peruvian region of Piura recently discovered an administrative complex that they believe was constructed by the Tallan culture. Excavators say that the site was constructed by members of the Tallan culture [Credit: Ralph Zapata/El Comercio]

El Comercio reports that investigations at the site began their excavation in two ditches near the town of Chaquira. Locals said that beads and small artifacts were sometimes found in and around the ditches. Head archaeologist María Elena Nuñera Paredes told El Comercio that “This would have been a large warehouse with corn, cotton, and other products from the area. At another time, it served as a space where the Tallan lived.” Nuñera explained that the artifacts found within the structures by her team led them to the determination that they were dealing with an administrative complex. “The structures that we have found are similar to those that exist in Narihuala. Inside the objects that we found, there are ceramics polishers and ceramics fragments with different designs. It was an administrative center for the Tallan people, and was controlled by a chief,” said Nuñera.

The Tallan people lived in Piura between 1000 AD and 1200 AD. The exact age of the structure is unknown at this time. According to El Comercio, archaeologists worked for a month before announcing their discovery.



Thanks to coldrum for the link. Source: archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk
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    Authorities Find Pre-Inca Site in Northern Piura Region by bat400 on Wednesday, 09 July 2014
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    coldrum also sends us a more general news story on this find at: http://www.peruviantimes.com

    Among additional information, "Adela Castillo, a community representative near the Tallan finding, said that there are a number of other archaeological remains in the nearby area, but authorities lack funding to undertake the excavations.

    The local office of tourism invested about 30,000 soles (about $11,000) in unearthing the Tallan site in Piura. Castillo said that many grave robbers have invaded the area, destroying the pre-Inca sites in search of artifacts to sell on the lucrative antiquities market."
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