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Multi-periodSite Name: Ventarron - Temple of the Captured DeerCountry: Peru Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Chiclayo, Peru
Latitude: 6.805668S Longitude: 79.759609W
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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Ancient Temple in Lambayeque Department, Peru.Cerro Ventarron is a natural hill containing multiple adobe ceremonial sites that were built and used over several millennium. Artwork found in one 4000 year old adobe "pyramid" is believed to be the oldest example of a painted mural in the New World.
Despite the simplicity of the building techniques, dried mud without stone, gravel, or straw filler, the building was decorated with red and white exterior paint and internal rooms contain polychrome murals adjacent to a fire-blackened altar/chimney. The culture that created it predates the famous Sipan culture of the same area by over a thousand years. A detailed account may be found in this article by Angela Schuster. The location provided is based of the coordinates attached to a photo of the stylized mural. The photo is the work of one of the principal archaeologists, Ignacio Alva Meneses. See also this photo, that I believe is of the red and white painted exterior of the temple.
Note: Ancient Lambayeque civilizations domesticated cats 3500 years ago?
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