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From Ananova, two of the oldest mummies ever found in Peru went on display briefly.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_870338.html
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Ancient Desert Markings Imaged From Orbit
Visible from ESA's Proba spacecraft 600 kilometres away in space are the largest of the many Nasca
Lines; ancient desert markings now at risk from human encroachment as well as flood events feared
to be increasing in frequency.
http://www.esa.int/export/esaSA/SEMO0R1PGQD_earth_0.html
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Explorers Rediscover Inca City
From MSNBC, using infrared aerial photography to penetrate the forest canopy, the team led by
Briton Hugh Thomson and American Gary Zeigler located the ruins at Llactapata, 50 miles northwest
of the ancient Inca capital Cusco.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/990097.asp
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Traffic Snarls Peru's Mysterious Lines
From MSNBC, Garbage trucks roll over Nazca Lines on their way to dump.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/980498.asp?cp1=1
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Ancient Inca Road in Desperate Need of Protection
A preliminary study of the ancient highland road that linked the Inca Empire from southern Colombia
to Central Chile, found that only 5 percent of the 8,500 km route is under some form of protection,
and large sections of it have been lost entirely.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-09/ci-air090903.php
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Inca Wall Falls for 'Archaeologist' Hotel
From ABD News, a Frenchman has torn down part of an ancient Inca wall to build a hotel that he
ironically wanted to call The Archaeologist.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s946275.htm
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Jewelry Repatriated
Precolumbian gold and turquoise jewelry once for sale at Sotheby's has been returned to Peru.
http://www.archaeology.org/9609/newsbriefs/sipan.html
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Huaca del Moche
Essay on verious aspects of the Moche. Links, bibliography, terminology.
http://members.tripod.com/~Moche/
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Archaeology of Peru
Site centers on the archaeology of complex societies in Latin America and Andean South America and
focuses upon the study of how the Tiwanaku civilization expanded from the lake Titicaca region to
control much of the southern Andes.
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~psgoldst
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Pukara Domestic Architecture Research Project
Describes the archaeological research led by Elizabeth Klarich at the highland Peruvian center of
Pukara.
http://titicaca.ucsb.edu/pukara/
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Archaeological Textile Studies in Peru
Short courses by the California Institute for Peruvian Studies (CIPS).
http://www.archeotextiles.org
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Mummy Trove Found in Peru
From BBC, archaeologists discover thousands of mummies in a Lima shanty town dating from the last
decades of the Inca civilization.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1936023.stm
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Mass Human Sacrifice Unearthed in Peru
From the New Scientist, ancient sacrificed remains of 200 fishermen have been excavated from a
beach in Peru.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992885
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Inca Mummies
From National Geographic, images, articles, and links.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/inca/
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Inca's stone fitting
A theory on how the Incas could have efficiently cut a stone (still on the ground) to fit
perfectlty in a hole in a wall under construction
http://indra.com/~davide/IncaWalls/Index.html
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Peru Finds Inca Burial Site at Machu Picchu
From Yahoo! News, Peruvian archaeologists have discovered the first full Inca burial site at Machu
Picchu since the famous mountain top citadel was discovered 90 years ago.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&ncid=753&e=2&u=/nm/2002101....
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Paloma World
An interactive tour of the Paloma site in western Peru, including a virtual dig and excavation
databases.
http://putt.atc.missouri.edu/paloma
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Colca Valley Regional Survey
This site describes the in-progress activities and preliminary findings of a systematic
archaeological survey of the central portion of the Colca Valley and surrounding uplands of
southern Peru
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/1711/index.html
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Beringa 2001 Bioarchaeology Project
An archaeology excavation aimed at recovering human skeletal remains and the associated cultural
material so we may better understand the health status and lifeways of this valley's past
inhabitants.
http://www.geocities.com/crowley58/index.html
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Early Ceramic Settlement in the Coastal Osmore Valley: Preliminary Report
Paper by Bruce Owen which reports on systematic site survey in two early ceramic domestic and
mortuary sites to clarify patterns of subsistence, settlement, mortuary practices, regional
cultural affiliations, and chronology in the coastal Osmore valley.
http://members.aol.com/OwenBruce/ias93_1.htm
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Early Ceramic Periods of Moquegua
Paper by Matthew S. Bandy which reevaluates existing models of the early ceramic periods of
Moquegua.
http://inti.devnull.net/SAAPaper.html
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First City in the New World?
From Smithsonian Magazine, excavations at Peru's Caral site suggest cities appeared in the Americas
1,000 years earlier than experts believed.
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/aug02/caral.html
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Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
A virtual tour of the Inca Trail, complete with photographs and an interactive map.
http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Peru/IncaTrail.html
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NOVA : Ice Mummies of the Inca
NOVA Online presents an expedition to Peru in search of Incan mummies on Mt. Sara Sara.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/
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Treasures of the Moche
Grave robbers, a copper scepter, and a gold bead in the shape of a human head with lapis lazuli
eyes are clues that led to the discovery of the royal tombs at Sipán, near Chiclayo, on the coast
of northern Peru. The artifacts are some of the most spectacular pieces of pre-Columbian gold and
silver ever found.
http://www.hisp.com/jun95/moche.html
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Save Ollanta
The famous Inca settlement of Ollantaytambo, Peru, is in imminent danger from a new highway project
that would destroy Inca agricultural terraces.
http://www.cuscoperu.com/save_ollanta/
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Inside the Royal Tombs of the Moche
Moche ruins are located in river valleys of Northern Peru. These centers flourished until c.1000
C.E., when the Moche abruptly vanished.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/anthro/asb222/articles/article8.html
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Ice Treasures of the Inca
National Geographic's interactive expedition up Mount Ampato, Peru, with Johan Reinhard.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/index.html
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Huacas del Sol y la Luna, Moche Culture
Located in the lower to mid valley, on the left bank of the Moche river on a plain below the
imposing Cerro Blanco.
http://www.huacas.com/
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Chachapoya - Warriors of the Clouds
Pictures, text excerpts, and advertisement by Keith Muscutt, author of a book on the ancient
Chachapoya of Peru.
http://chachapoyas.com/
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Bruce Owen's Archaeology Research in Peru
Picture gallery of archaeological ceramics. Selections from archaeological research papers by Bruce
Owen, Ph.D. Anthropology, UCLA. Full browse able text, abstracts, references, and selected graphics
presented at academic conferences.
http://members.aol.com/OwenBruce/index.htm
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Ancient Peru
The art, history, culture, and archeology of ancient Peru. Under development. Colorful interface.
http://www.ancientmexico.com/peru/peru.html
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