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<< News >> Pomac Forest - Ancient Village or Settlement in Peru

Submitted by bat400 on Wednesday, 21 July 2010  Page Views: 10334

Multi-periodSite Name: Pomac Forest Alternative Name: Bosque de Pomac Historical Sanctuary
Country: Peru Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Chiclayo  Nearest Village: Ferreñafe
Latitude: 6.471357S  Longitude: 79.793542W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Ancient Settlement, Pyramids, Tombs in Lambayeque region.
The Pomac Forest Historial Sanctuary is the site of earthen pyramids and high status burials from the Sican Culture (750 to 1375 AD.) The people of this culture may be associated with the Chimu Enpire or they may have been a client state of Chimu.

High status burials have been found within some smaller earthwork pyramids. Among these are Huaca del Oro, a pyramid with a long causeway-like platform, and Huaca Las Ventanas. Location is in the Pomac Forest Historical Sanctuary, a rare dry equatorial forest preserve within the otherwise bare Peruvian coastal desert. The location given is not a location for a specific prehistoric structure. Nearby Ferrenafe is the location of a large museum devoted to finds associated with this culture.

Note: See the comment on a recent tomb with the burial of a masked nobleman, sitting upright.
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Re: Pomac Forest by davidmorgan on Saturday, 13 February 2016
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Pomac Forest visitor centre on Street View

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Remains of Ancient Human Sacrifices Unearthed in Peru by coldrum on Sunday, 23 October 2011
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Remains of Ancient Human Sacrifices Unearthed in Peru

Archaeologists have unearthed remains of 42 children and 74 llamas and related animals that were sacrificed some 800 years ago in the fishing town of Huanchaquito, Peru.

The remains were from a massive sacrifice that formed part of a religious ceremony of the pre-Inca Chimu culture for the fertility of the ocean and the land, Reuters reported.

Oscar Gabriel Prieto, chief archaeologist on the dig, said the findings represent the largest discovery of sacrifices from the Chimu culture.

Below are the pictures of the mysterious remains.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/214940/20110916/remains-of-ancient-human-sacrifices-unearthed-in-peru-huanchaquito-trujillo-religious-ceremony-of-th.htm
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1,200-Year-Old Royal Tomb Found in Peru by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 25 January 2011
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The 1,200-year-old tomb of a ruler of the pre-Incan Sican culture was found recently in Peru’s Lambayaque region, the director of the Las Ventanas archaeological dig announced on Wednesday.

“It’s an individual seated on a litter, a funerary bundle, in which has been found in situ a crown, a mask and a series of objects that accompany him,” Carlos Elera told Efe from Lambayeque.

One of the most interesting objects found is a bottle representing the funerary bundle that it accompanies, since both are facing toward the southwest corner of the temple, which represents “a noteworthy symbolic connection,” the scientist said.

Also discovered was a gilded copper crown with an attachment of jaguars – with typical pendants worn by the elite in that region, a mask with winged eyes, spearpoints and arrowheads, among other artifacts.

Both the funerary bundle, as well as the majority of the objects, are still in the process of being excavated by archaeologists, a task that Elera calculates will take them three more weeks.

This is the first tomb found in the Las Ventanas tomb area and the second time that the find of a funerary bundle in the form of a person on a litter has been made since 1992, when a similar bundle was found at the Oro tomb, which is also from the Sican culture.

The litter, in ancient Peruvian cultures and up to the 16th century, was a symbol of status for nobles who had themselves carried on them to show their power, Elera said, but they were prohibited by Spanish colonial rulers who were trying to destroy the prevailing power structure in the region.

In his capacity as director of the Sican Museum and head of the archaeological project, Elera asked local authorities to erect a stone wall 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) long around the tomb to prevent the La Leche River, which flows just 70 meters (228 feet) from the site, from flooding the dig zone as a result of the heavy rains expected next month. EFE
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=384541&CategoryId=14095

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Pomac Forest - Huaca Las Ventanas by bat400 on Wednesday, 21 July 2010
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Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what is believed to have been a high-ranking official of the Sican culture who lived about 1,200 years ago.

A team co-led by Peruvian archaeologist Carlos del Carpio found the tomb, along with many burial artifacts, about 1,500 meters west of the Lord of Sican's tomb in Huaca Las Ventanas archaeological site, near the Pomac Forest Historical Sanctuary, in the northern Lambayeque region.

According to Peruvian daily El Comercio, the ancient nobleman was buried in lotus posture (sitting with his legs half-crossed) and the finds included a winged eye mask, a ceremonial knife and a metal cup.

The tomb also contained a breastplate of coral colored Spondylus shell beads, seven ceramics and a gold tweezer, representing a bird image of the Sican or Lambayeque cultures.

Source: http://www.andina.com.pe.
http://El Comercio shows photos of the finds.
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Study Reveals DNA Links Between Ancient Peruvians, Japanese by bat400 on Monday, 19 January 2009
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Submitted by coldrum --

A study has revealed genetic links between people who inhabited northern Peru more than 1,000 years ago and Japanese, El Comercio newspaper reported Thursday.

Japanese physical anthropologist Ken-ichi Shinoda performed DNA tests on the remains of human bodies found in the East Tomb and West Tomb in the Bosque de Pomas Historical Sanctuary, which are part of the Sican Culture Archaeological Project, funded by Japan's government.

The director of the Sican National Museum, Carlos Elera, told the daily that Shinoda found that people who lived more than 1,000 years ago in what today is the Lambayeque region, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of Lima, had genetic links to the comtemporaneous populations of Ecuador, Colombia, Siberia, Taiwan and to the Ainu people of northern Japan.

The studies will be continued on descendents of the Mochica culture, from the same region, who are currently working on the Sican Project and with people who live in the vicinity of the Bosque de Pomac Historical Sanctuary.


For more, see the article in the
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Another, more detailed article on the Nov 2006 finds. by Anonymous on Tuesday, 28 November 2006
Aritcle from National Geographic.
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Peruvian Archaeologists Excavate Sican Tombs by bat400 on Tuesday, 28 November 2006
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Article by MARTIN MEJIA
The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 22, 2006; 1:13 AM

FERRENAFE, Peru -- Archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed 22 graves in northern Peru containing a trove of pre-Inca artifacts, including the first "tumi" ceremonial knives ever discovered by archaeologists rather than looted by thieves.

The find, which prominent archaeologist Walter Alva called "overwhelmingly important," means that scientists can study the tumi _ Peru's national symbol _ in its original setting to learn about the context in which it was used.

See more information -- AP story via The Washington Post.
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