Archaeologists find key remains of pre-Inca culture in Peru
Peruvian archaeologists have found remains from a person believed to
be a leader of a key pre-Inca civilization that is more than 1,200 years
old, one of the researchers said Tuesday.
Carlos Elera told AFP the remains from the northern region of
Lambayeque are from what some call the Sican culture that flourished in
the area between around 700 and 1375 AD.
He said among the remains found two weeks ago in the archaeological
complex Las Ventanas is a type of sarcophagus for an adult with a
headdress and a feathered eye mask, which are “characteristic of the
nobles of the Sican culture.”
The researcher also said that objects found included a ceremonial
knife, ceramics, textiles with copper plates.
Elera reported that since April when the research began at Las
Ventanas, the remains of about 20 people have been found in good
condition.
Among them were remains of a child of three to four years old
believed to be from between 1100 and 1150 AD.
Sican culture emerged around the years 700-750 AD and remained in
force until 1375, recording its apogee stage between 900 and 1100.
Researchers believe the culture flourished for around 200 years under
seven to eight “lords of Sican” and then vanished after the Chimu
conquest of the Lambayeque region around 1375 AD, a group that also
preceded the Incas.
AFP |