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Multi-periodSite Name: TulorCountry: Chile Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Antofagasta Nearest Village: San Pedro de Atacama
Latitude: 22.968056S Longitude: 68.2425W
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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Tulor is a former village complex with an area of 5,200 m2.
The settlement's remains are distributed in an east-west fashion along 2 km. The date of the origin of the settlement is between 380 BCE and 200 CE. The most structures are from the period 800 CE - 1200 CE. Architectural characteristics of Tulor are circular walls are made of mud and vaults.
In 1998 the World Monuments Fund, listed Tulor in the 1998 and 2006 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites.
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