Cahuachi - Ancient Village or Settlement in Peru
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Site Name: CahuachiCountry: Peru
NOTE: This site is 715.976 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Nasca Nearest Village: La Yapana
Latitude: 14.8176S Longitude: 75.117W
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 Ceremonial Center in Ica State, Peru.
This city in the Nazca Valley was a ceremonial center for the Nasca Culture (3000 BC - 1000 AD). No homes or food storage or preparation sites have been found so far within the 24 square kilometer "city". It's height of influence was around 2000 years ago.
Pyramids and public buildings have been found in addition to charnel houses. Also in the area are part of the impressive underground aqueduct system the Nasca used to support intensive agriculture. Some of these aqueducts are still used today. The largest pyramid on the site is 25 m high and 100 m long. It is a natural hill topped with multiple layers of adobe brick, built, added to and revised over the years of use. The location is general for the site. The linked google map shows the impressive layout of mostly unexcavated buildings. The site can be reached by taxi or car. It is a 40 minute drive from Nasca.
Note: Tomb discovered of an elite child dating to the early Nasca Period. With the mummy were various pieces of jewelery made from gold, silver and precious stones.
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