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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Sican Peru

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Sicán or Lambayeque is the name of a culture which occupied the Region of Lambayeque, Perú, 750AD-1375AD.

Batán Grande, Túcume & Chotuna are among its principal archaeological complexes.

All have site museums & there is a National Sican Museum in Ferreñafe. The Lambayeque were also at El Brujo.

 

Sicán elite skeleton found in Lambayeque’s sanctuary, Peru
A body of Sicán elite, with a peculiar headdress, a pectoral, golden cups and other ornaments that date back to 1000 AC, was found in the complex of Huaca Loro that is located in Bosque de Pomac historical sanctuary, in the province Ferreñafe, northeast of Chiclayo’s city (Lambayeque). www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=Glssyd7iAsM=

 

 Descubren personaje de nobleza Sicán en santuario lambayecano
Un personaje de la nobleza Sicán, con un peculiar tocado, un pectoral, vasos dorados y otros ornamentos con una antigüedad de mil años después de Cristo, fue hallado en el complejo de huaca Loro, ubicado en el santuario histórico Bosque de Pomac, en la provincia de Ferreñafe, al noreste de la ciudad de Chiclayo (Lambayeque). www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=bgBE/cZBeL8=

 

 

Promueven revaloración de monedas de la cultura Sicán en Lambayeque

Chiclayo, feb. 11 (ANDINA).- El Consejo Regional de Lambayeque
reconoció el valor de las denominadas “hachas monedas” o moneda
de la cultura Sicán, con miras a su revaloración como singular elemento
histórico-cultural que identifica a esta norteña localidad.
Presidida por el consejero delegado, Pedro Cisneros Calderón, acordó
incorporar las monedas como elemento simbólico de Lambayeque,
considerando su uso oficial para determinados certámenes, previa reglamentación.

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www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=Qu9BXfG1Plk=

Más de S/. 800 mil se destinó para mantenimiento e investigación de Huaca Las Ventanas de Lambayeque  Translate this page
Chiclayo, dic. 02 (ANDINA).- Más de 800 mil nuevos soles destinó este año la Unidad Ejecutora
Naylamp 111- Lambayeque en la ejecución de trabajos de mantenimiento e investigación arqueológica
en Huaca Las Ventanas del Santuario Histórico Bosque de Pomác (Ferreñafe), donde se hallaron
los famosos cuchillos ceremoniales o tumi de oro. [02/12/2007] (AND 151721 )
More than 800 thousand nuevos soles (US$270,000) this year destined for Unit 111- Lambayeque
in the execution of works of maintenance and archaeological investigation in
Huaca Las Ventanas in the Historical Sanctuary Forest of Pomác (Ferreñafe), where the famous
ceremonial knives or tumi of gold were found. [ 02/12/2007 ] (AND 151721)

www.andina.com.pe/NoticiaDetalle.aspx?id=151721

 

 

 

 

 

Museo Sicán exhibe nuevas máscaras de ojos alados halladas en Huaca Las Ventanas de Lambayeque  

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Chiclayo, dic. 03 (ANDINA). Luego de su restauración las valiosas máscaras doradas
de ojos alados halladas en 38 tumbas de la Huaca Las Ventanas del histórico
Bosque de Pómac
son exhibidas en el Museo Nacional Sicán de Ferreñafe, en Lambayeque.
[03/12/2007] (AND 151804)

 

www.andina.com.pe/NoticiaDetalle.aspx?id=151804

National Geographic video Pregnant woman sacrificed at Chotuna-Chornancap?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080911-pregnant-video-ap.html

USAT student video visit Chotuna & Tucume

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QElZOhIyWek

Huaca Chotuna museum to exhibit Chimu human sacrifices

About 33 skeletons of human sacrifices offered during the Chimu period, dating from 1350-1370 AD, will be exhibited at the Huaca Chotuna site.
www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=4Y5dhwMqQwQ=

LAMBAYEQUE. NUEVO APORTE A LA HISTORIA
Víctimas, una de ellas gestante, habrían tenido entre 10 y 35 años.
Hallazgos serán exhibidos en museo de sitio que se inaugurará el 2009.
Por Wilfredo Sandoval

Descubren sacrificios humanos de 11 mujeres y maxilar de feto en huaca Chotuna de Lambayeque
Un conjunto de once esqueletos pertenecientes a mujeres sacrificadas, uno de los cuales tenía entre las costillas el maxilar inferior de un feto, fue descubierto en la huaca Norte ubicada dentro del complejo arqueológico de huaca Chotuna, en la provincia de Lambayeque. (AND193636)

www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=MJqWrNpnVtg=

Human sacrifices found in Chotuna archaeological site in Lambayeque
A group of 11 skeletons of sacrificed women, one of them with a fetus’ jawbone within the ribcage, was discovered in the Huaca Norte, located at the archeological complex of Huaca Chotuna, in the Peruvian northern province of Lambayeque. (AND193682)

www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/PortalBusqueda.aspx?BuscaEn=0&xcig=chotuna

Descubren más frisos en Huaca Chotuna

Los arqueólogos del Museo Nacional Bruning de Lambayeque están

muy felices con el hallazgo de más frisos en una de las paredes

de la estructura de la Huaca Chotuna. A los frisos se suma

el hallazgo de una tumba en horas de la tarde del viernes,

cuyo contenido aún se comenzará a desenterrar a partir de mañana lunes.

Los hallazgos se suman a los que se hicieron en diciembre del año pasado, cuando se encontró un

entierro múltiple que pertenecería a la época de ocupación inca, así como textiles, llamas y ofrendas.

www.correoperu.com.pe/prov_nota.php?id=23244&ed=3 

Más noticias en Andina sobre Complejo Chotuna

El sábado 15/12/2007 se inaugurará el Museo de Sitio en Huaca Chotuna – Chornancap.
De esta manera, la Municipalidad Lambayeque fomenta el turismo como eje de desarrollo de esa región.
El Museo de Sitio tiene como objetivo promover un espacio educativo, cultural y a la vez turístico,
que permita demostrar el verdadero origen de Lambayeque. Este proyecto beneficia directamente a
21 caseríos y a más de 60.000 personas inicialmente.

Descubren entierro múltiple en complejo arqueológico de huaca Chotuna en Lambayeque
Chiclayo, dic. 17 2007 (ANDINA).-

Un entierro múltiple que pertenecería a la época de ocupación inca, así como textiles,

llamas y ofrendas fueron descubiertos en el Complejo Arqueológico de Huaca Chotuna-

Chornancap, ubicado a 10 kilómetros al oeste de la ciudad de Lambayeque. (AND153523)

Exhibirán en Lambayeque frisos polícromos de siglos X y XI
Chiclayo, oct. 02 2007 (ANDINA).- Frisos polícromos elaborados en los siglos X y XI por la cultura Lambayeque,

que actualmente existen en el complejo arqueológico Huaca Chotuna, serán puestos en valor y mostrados a los

turistas en el primer trimestre del próximo año. (AND143902)

Reiniciarán excavaciones arqueológicas para rescate vestigios de cultura Lambayeque
Chiclayo, jun. 16 2007 (ANDINA).- Investigadores peruanos y extranjeros reiniciarán a fin de mes
las excavaciones

arqueológicas en las huacas Chotuna y Gloria, del complejo arqueológico de Chotuna-Chornancap, en el

departamento de Lambayeque. (AND90872)

www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/PortalBusqueda.aspx?BuscaEn=0&xcig=hRYoSVM2Atc=

Expondrán frisos de hace 1.000 años Los dibujos en el complejo de Chotuna Chornancap, en Lambayeque,
están estrechamente vinculados con la leyenda de Naylamp y el origen de una gran cultura.
www.elcomercio.com.pe/edicionimpresa/Html/2007-08-12/peru0768889.html

Más noticias sobre Complejo Chotuna en El Comercio

Sican Archaeological Project (SAP) - Research Settings 
The major Middle Sicán mounds in the Lambayeque region (e.g., Huaca Chotuna, Chornancap, La Luya, Sipán, and Taco) were all built close to a river or a ...
www.sican.org/settings.html

.: Museo Nacional Sicán :.- [ Translate this page ] en español

Museo, investigaciones, cultura, proyecto. Mapa, direcciones, historia, actividades, personal, galeria, souvenirs. Exhibición.
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Municipalidad de Ferreñafe

El Proyecto ¦ Museo Nacional Sicán ¦ La Cultura Sicán ¦ Área de Dominación e Influencia de la Cultura Sicán ¦

Cronología Sicán ¦ Sicán Temprano ¦ Sicán Medio ¦ Metalurgia ¦ La sociedad Sicán y las clases sociales ¦ Sicán Tardío

http://www.muniferrenafe.gob.pe/mc_sican.htm

 

El Comercio: Los secretos del bosque de Pomac

Lo sensacional de este hallazgo es que uno de los cuchillos ceremoniales mide 35 centímetros y

tiene labrada la representación del dios Sicán o Naylamp sentado.

http://www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/edicionimpresa/html/2006-11-21/imecnacional0618966.html

Infografia: www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/EdicionImpresa/Photo/pe-sicaninfo-211106.jpg

 

Aventura en Pómac
Pómac es un lugar apacible, ideal para disfrutar de la naturaleza.
A 31 kilómetros de Chiclayo, en Ferreñafe (Lambayeque) ,
el Santuario Histórico Bosque de Pómac le ofrece un
lugar de vida silvestre único en el mundo.
Allí, un enorme algarrobo es venerado,
mientras los turistas descubren las pirámides de Sicán.
 
 
Fuente: Perú21
 
 
 

 

.: Museo Nacional Sicán :.- [ Translate this page ] en español

Museo, investigaciones, cultura, proyecto. Mapa, direcciones, historia, actividades, personal, galeria, souvenirs. Exhibición.
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The new Sicán Museum in Ferreñafe (17km north east from Chiclayo),
Lambayeque, inaugurated in march 2001, was opened on 3rd November 2001.
Introductory halls detail the historic development process of uses,
customs & activities of the Sicán (Lambayeque).
The Funeral Pattern Halls help appreciate replicas of tombs,
funerary clothing & ornaments of the common people & the dignatories.
The Ceramics Hall & Hall of Funerary Goods exhibit 200 gold pieces such
as the winged-eyed mask, crowns, necklaces among other precious ornaments
and a hundred ceramics.
An advanced multimedia audiovisual system takes us back 1300 years.
It is the most ambitious museum project in Latinamerica in the last 30 years,
& the first building exclusively purpose-built as a museum in Peru since the
Brüning Museum in Lambayeque.

The culture, project, character, metallurgy & history.

The Sicán (Lambayeque) culture developed in the middle valley of the Río La Leche
in the National Archaeological & Ecological Pomac Reserve in Batán Grande, in the
Province of Ferreñafe, Department of Lambayeque.
The Sicán territory extended from Sullana (Piura) to the Chicama Valley, near to Trujillo.
The name Sicán given to the Pomac bosque means ‘House of the Moon’ in the disappeared Muchik language.

A ceramic production centre 3,000 years old with technically efficient kilns, &
the initiation of copper-arsenic alloys were among technological discoveries.
The immense concentration Sicán foundries encountered in Cerro Huaringa
has no precedent in the New World.
Abundant algarrobo fuel enabled foundry temperatures of 1000-1100º centigrade
aided by the use of workers blowing through caña brava pipes.
The construction of foundries was preceded by complicated rituals involving offerings
of llama foetuses, indicating smelting was considered magic-religious.
Early Sicán (700-900AD), was followed by the most important Intermediate Period (900-1100AD),
when distinctive ideological & artistic styles were determined, there was
sophisticated technology, a theocratic state, elite burials developed &
long distance commerce is evidenced.
The Late Phase (1100-1375AD), marks the end of the culture conquered by the
powerful Chimú, whose capital was Chan Chan.

After 3 decades of systematic looting, the first archaeological project began in 1978
directed by Professor Izumi Shimada, an interdisciplinary & international team
(Peru, USA, Spain, UK, Germany, Hungary & Japan) of specialists in chemistry, geology,
conservation of artefacts, physical anthropology, Andean ethnography, ethnohistory,
paleobotany, zooarchaeology, conservation of textiles & others.

AOL Canada
The Gold Exhibition - Royal Tombs of Ancient Peru comes to the museum in January 2006
from its permanent location at Peru's Sican National Museum.
Included in the display are about 250 objects - crowns, masks, ear spools, head-dresses,
feather ornaments - crafted in gold by the Sican people, a pre-Incan coastal civilization
dating from about 900-1300....
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Pre-Incan artefact among 28,000 artworks recovered in Italy

OnCampus: Gold of the Sican
... for the Canadian debut of The Gold Exhibition – Royal Tombs of Ancient Peru.
... It is very important that Peru showcase cultural treasures like these
...
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www.rumbosdelperu.com
... Sican has only recently come to the attention of Peru and the world. The man
who uncovered the importance of Sican, Doctor Izumi Shimada, ...
 
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International press

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Tomb find reveals pre-Inca city 22/11/2006

The Sican culture flourished from approximately AD 800-1300, one of several  metalworking societies which succumbed to drought and conquest. ... The latest dig was performed in conjunction with the Sican National Museum. ...
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Image: Pre-Inca tombs discovered Pre-Inca tombs discovered

Small Video Icon 20 pre-Inca tombs have been discovered in Peru, in what archaeologists say is one of the most important finds in years. 22 Nov 2006

knife photo http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42344000/jpg/_42344318_tumiafpgetty203.jpg

 

 

 

"Dig uncovers ancient Peruvian knives" – MSNBC

… unearthed 22 graves in northern Peru … including the first ‘’tumi’’

ceremonial knives ever discovered by archaeologists rather than looted by thieves.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15841249/ msn photo of tumi knife: http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061121/061121_peruKnife_vmed_5p.widec.jpg

 

 

IOL: Sican burial site found in Peru

Lima - A spectacular burial site of 20 tombs for the pre-Inca nobility of Sican was found in northern Peru, the archaeological expedition's Japanese leader ...
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SIUC anthropologist investigates remains of ancient Peruvians

http://www.dailyegyptian.com/fall97/090997/peru.html
1997 article re: Shimada and Sicán project.

http://www.iran-daily.com/1383/2161/html/art.htm#29532 Brief article re: December 2004 return of mask from Italy to Peru
See also:

http://www.mirabilis.ca/archives/002422.html

... The graves belong to elite members of the Middle Sican culture, a gold-working people  ... Among the findings are meticulously arranged human remains; gold, gilt copper, and bronze artifacts; and the first decorated tumi, or ceremonial knives, ever discovered by archaeologists at a burial site.
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Tumi en sitio: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/061127-peru-tombs_170.jpg

National Geographic Magazine @ nationalgeographic.com

''Peruvian Black Pottery Production and Metalworking: A Middle Sican Craft Workshop at Huaca Sialupe... 2002 National Geographic Society...
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AYMHM: Articles You May Have Missed--WN May 1994

"Precious Metal Objects of the Middle Sican" by Izumi Shimada and Jo Ann Griffin, National Geographic April 1994, p. 82-89. The Peruvian Sican culture ...
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Documentaries

Sican

Exploring the excavations and tombs of the Sican in the north of Peru, this documentary unravels the mysteries of this fascinating culture. ...
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See also http://www.jamco.or.jp/english/library/documentary/people/dc289511.html for

Sican Culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Sican Culture is the name archaeologists have given to a culture that predated the Inca in what is now the north coast of Peru between about 800-1300 AD. Known for their skills in metallurgy, they produced alloys of gold, silver and arsenic-copper in unprecedented scales in pre-Hispanic America.... The Sican were probably descendants of the Moche based on shared motifs in in their artifacts....
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Archaeology & Museums

.: Museo Nacional Sicán :.- [ Translate this page ] en español

Museo, investigaciones, cultura, proyecto. Mapa, direcciones, historia, actividades, personal, galeria, souvenirs. Exhibición.
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Sican Culture Paragraph on Sicán culture

The Sican culture is the name archaeologists have given to one of several gold-working people who predated the Inca in what is now Peru between about ...
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Pre-Inca Sican treasures of Peru's Pomac Forest. Artist´s impression & articles.

Pre-Inca Sican treasures of Peru's Pomac Forest, Treasured Found.
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Museum Exhibitions

The Lord of Sicán in Canada

The Nickle Arts Museum of the University of Calgary displays exclusive exhibition of ancient Peru


One of the many exclusive pieces from the Sicán collection on display now in Calgary.

Thanks to the collaboration of Peru's National Institute of Culture and the support of the Canadian Embassy in Lima, the Nickle Arts Museum of the University of Calgary (Alberta) is presenting "Ancient Peru Unearthed, Golden Treasures of a Lost Civilization." This is the Sicán exhibition's first visit to North America.

 

"This is a very unique collection that will appeal to everyone," says Colleen Sharpe, the exhibition coordinator from the Nickle Arts Museum. "People will be attracted by the sheer beauty of the gold pieces themselves, but also by the mystery behind the people who crafted them - the Sicán of northern Peru." The Sicáns date from about 900-1300 AD, before the rise of the Incas. http://geo.international.gc.ca/latin-america/peru/whats_new/default-en.asp?id=8473

 

Peruvian gold show to tour Canada after Calgary debut

  • The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, January 6, 2006 – April 1, 2006
  • Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C., May 2006 – October 2006
  • Musée de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, November 2006 – January 2007
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, March 2007 – August 2007
  • Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario, December 2007 – May 2008

http://www.ucalgary.ca/mp2003/news/june05/peruvian-gold.html

On Campus: Gold of the Sican

Included in the exhibit are crowns, masks, ear spools, head-dresses, feather ornaments and much more – all expertly crafted in gold by the Sicán people, ...
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Photo: http://www.ucalgary.ca/oncampus/weekly/jan14-05/LargeMask.jpg

Ancient Peru Unearthed: Exhibition results from unique ...

He has helped bring South American archaeology students to study in Canada and students from the U of C have visited the Sicán Archaeological Project, ...
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View more photos from the exhibition  Set to open January 6, 2006 – April 1, 2006

 

Royal Ontario Museum
Sicán Lord’s mask. Gold. Middle Sicán (AD 900 - 1100) Height: 29cm; Width: 53 cm; Weight: 1006g.
Photo credit: Yutaka Yoshii/PAS

Royal Ontario Museum | About the ROM | News |

Ancient Peru Unearthed: Golden Treasures of a Lost Civilization. On display in the ROM’s recently renovated Level 3 Centre Block, from Saturday, March 10, 2007 until Monday, August 6, 2007...
The dynamic and creative Sicán culture flourished in Peru from AD 800 to AD 1375. ... While the Sicán produced up to 85% of Peru’s gold artifacts still in ...

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Royal Ontario Museum | Exhibitions & Galleries | Future ...

Discover what was uncovered in an undisturbed, gold-filled tomb in this intriguing look into the mysterious pre-Incan Sicán civilization from northern Peru ...
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Funerary Mask [Sicán or Lambayeque] | Object Page | Timeline of ...

Peru; Sicán (Lambayeque) Gold, cinnabar, copper overlays; W. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm) Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1974 (1974.271.35) ...
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Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango

Titulo: Sican metallurgy and its cross-craft relationships ... Holistic examination of grave goods from three Middle Sicán elite shaft tombs recently ...
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Precious Metal Objects of the Middle Sicán

Old ceremonial masks and knives are popular symbols of pre-Hispanic Peruvian culture. Examples adorn the covers of books on Peru and serve as emblems for ...

The Middle Sicán era, between 900 and 1100 C.E., produced enormous quantities of precious metal artifacts, many showing extraordinarily high craftsmanship.
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Bottle with Mythic Figure [Sicán or Lambayeque] | Object Page ...

Peru; Sicán (Lambayeque) Ceramic; H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis Neal, 1970 (1970.245.37). See more objects from the Metropolitan.
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[PDF] Peruvian Black Pottery Production and Metalworking: A Middle Sicán ...

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Three blackware vessels accompanying a Middle Sicán commoner’s burial,. excavated in the east sector of Huaca Las Ventanas at the site of Sicán. ...
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Better Than Gold

…the pre-Incan culture that Shimada named Sicán (meaning "Temple of the Moon... "The Sicán people produced a quantity of gold, silver, and copper alloy. Flourishing from A.D. 800 to 1375, it was a society of farmers, fishermen, ceramic artisans, and metalworkers. It built adobe-brick platform mounds for ceremonial and funerary purposes.
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JSTOR: Some Thoughts on Sican Marked Adobes and Labor Organization

The Sican monumental adobe structures scattered in the Poma and Santa Clara districts represent ... Data on Sican Marked Adobes from Cuts Made at Mound 1, ...
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http://www.textilemuseum.ca/cloth_clay/research_lambayeque.html
from the Virtual Museum Canada. Some Sicán artifacts of cloth and a brief description of the culture.

 

Precious Metal Objects of the Middle Sican

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An integrated analysis of pre-Hispanic mortuary practices a Middle ...

Focusing on two large I, 000-year-old Middle Sicán shaft tombs on the north coast of Peru, it integrates analyses of mitochondrial DNA, inherited dental ...
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Precious metal objects of the Middle Sicán Bookseller

Precious metal objects of the Middle Sicán. I SHIMADA, JA GRIFFIN Scientific American 270:44, 82-89, Scientific American, 1994.
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SIUC researcher excavates ancient Peruvian knives Brief written description

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SIU President's Communique (12/8/2006)

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Peruvian government to honor SIUC anthropologist

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The Excellence Through Commitment Awards Committee

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Hagen D. klaus

The following year, I joined the Sicán Archaeological Project, directed by Izumi Shimada. For my master's research I conducted the excavation of a cemetery...
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Go Matsumoto (PhD, archaeology) completed his MA thesis this August and continues studying in the PhD program. This fall and subsequent spring will be spent to fulfill the course requirements and to prepare for the upcoming excavation of the Sicán shaft tombs on the northern north coast of the Central Andes next summer, based on which he is planning to write his dissertation. His major interest is in the reconstruction of belief systems and related institutions of Sicán culture through the detailed contextual analysis of burial practices.

http://www.siu.edu/~anthro/students/gmatsumoto.htm

David Browman Part II: Sican Culture

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Dallas Museum of Art - Ancient American Art

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Intute: Arts and Humanities - ! Full record details for Museo ...

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[PDF] Mössbauer Spectroscopy in South American Archaeology

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Batán Grande, Huaca Sialupe... Mossbauer spectroscopy, neutron activation

analysis, optical thin-section microscopy and X-ray diffraction were used...

methods of early pottery making can be assessed...
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ElComercioPeru.com:

 

LAMBAYEQUE
Interés por hallazgos en Huaca El Oro  9 de enero 2007

Funcionarios del Museo de Ciencias de Japón están interesados en exponer los hallazgos de la huaca El Oro del Santuario Histórico Bosque de Pomac. Según Carlos Elera Arévalo, director del Museo Sicán, el objetivo es mostrar al mundo este valioso hallazgo que fuera hecho público en noviembre pasado. Los japoneses también ofrecen financiar la conservación de los restos arqueológicos ante una eventual inundación del río La Leche.

http://www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/edicionimpresa/html/2007%2D01%2D09/imecnacional0647908.html

 

 
 
Reconocimiento se realizó en la huaca El Oro en el bosque de Pomac.
 
El intenso calor no fue un obstáculo para que unos mil invitados
 
disfrutaran la ceremonia de reconocimiento del reelecto presidente
 
regional de Lambayeque, Yehude Simon. En esta oportunidad se
 
presentaron actores que representan a dos de los más importantes
 
gobernantes que ha tenido el Antiguo Perú: los señores Sicán y Sipán.

http://www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/edicionimpresa/html/2007%2D01%2D04/imecnacional0644905.html

 

Crean centro de investigación para estudiar Bosque de Pomac 4 de enero 2007

http://www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/edicionimpresa/html/2007%2D01%2D04/imecnacional0644896.html

 

Descubren cinco nuevas tumbas de élite en el Bosque de Pomac
24 de diciembre 2006
Serían similares a las del Señor de Sicán, con valiosas piezas de oro y plata

Por Wilfredo Sandoval Cinco tumbas de élite, de similares características a la del Señor de Sicán, han sido descubiertas recientemente

en trabajos de exploración realizados alrededor de la pirámide conocida como huaca El Oro, informó Izumi Shimada,

codirector del Proyecto Arqueológico Sicán (PAS), quien no proporcionó detalles de la ubicación de las tumbas por motivos de seguridad.

Según Shimada, en estos trabajos se ha usado radares que han permitido determinar que las tumbas halladas son pozos de diez

metros de profundidad con nichos que guardan complejos funerarios de suma importancia para la arqueología.

Habría ajuares pertenecientes a varios gobernantes de élite que hace mil años gobernaron la cultura Sicán o Lambayeque.

www.elcomercioperu .com.pe/EdicionImpresa/Html/2006-12-24/ImEcNacional0638230.html

 

 

 

 

LIMA Homenaje a investigador japonés
El arqueólogo japonés Izumi Shimada fue homenajeado ayer por el Congreso en

reconocimiento por sus 28 años de investigación en la costa norte del país.

El investigador fue el que dio a conocer al Señor de Sicán,

uno de los principales gobernantes de la cultura Lambayeque.

 

La presidencia del Congreso fue la encargada de organizar este homenaje al ilustre personaje.

http://www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/edicionimpresa/html/2006%2D12%2D13/imecnacional0631949.html

 

Ruta mágica 7 noviembre 2006 Museos Sicán, Sipán Túcume y Bruning.

www.elcomercioperu .com.pe/turismo/html/2006%2D11%2D07/onvinoticias0610508.html

Guía del viajero Museos de Sicán, Sipán Túcume y Bruning.

www.elcomercioperu .com.pe/turismo/html/2006%2D11%2D07/onvinoticias0610639.html

 

Los secretos de un rincón de vida – Un bosque para cuidar 3 de diciembre 2006

www.elcomercioperu .com.pe/EdicionImpresa/Html/2006-12-03/ImEcNacional0625960.html Vease el afiche

 

Chaparrí: La redención del depredador 6 marzo 2006

www.elcomercioperu .com.pe/turismo/html/2006%2D03%2D06/onvinoticias0467596.html

 

El paraíso de los 'birdwatchers'  5 junio 2006

www.elcomercioperu .com.pe/turismo/html/2006%2D06%2D05/onvinoticias0517366.html

 

Page first opened 5th November 2001.

 


Trujillo & North Peru

Colonial Trujillo Peru, Trujillo north Peru, Tours, Chan Chan, Huacas de Moche, El Brujo, Caballo Muerto, Museums,

SipánHuaca VentarrónCollud-Zarpán, Huaca Quiñones, Sican (Lambayeque), Chotuna, TúcumeZaña,

Lima, Norte Chico, Aspero, Bandurria & CaralTumbes, Piura & North Peru beaches,, National Geographic etc,

Guides & books, Transport, Ecuador Peru route, Cruises Festivals – Marinera, Primavera & Caballos de paso,

Weather, Peru Biodiversity & BirdsGuañape, guano & ceramics TV & Football, Google Earth maps

Tours in English Español Francais Italiano Deutsch Casa de Clara Guest House

 

¡Visite las 7 Maravillas del Perú!  Visit the 7 Wonders of Peru.

 

Latest National Geographic Traveler: Peru recommendations

 

PERÚ Primer destino de nuevas guías de viaje de Sudamérica de National Geographic

 

TOURISM INFORMATION

Casa de Clara,Cahuide 495,Santa Maria,TrujilloCahuide 495 solo

We are just 7 blocks

(5 minutes walk) from 

Trujillo's Plaza de Armas,

in a much quieter park,

with extensive information.

Please visit us.

Larger map at

http://groups.msn.com/TrujilloPeru/_albumlist.msnw?pgmarket=en-us which also has  photos of our tours.

Cahuide 495,Santa María Trujillo has photos of our guest house. Google Earth map/photo hybrid

APEC delegates visited Chan Chan archaelogical complex in Trujillo Espanol Andina 5/11/2008

King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain, visiting the pre-Columbian site of Huaca de la Luna in Trujillo 

Huaca de La Luna to receive 110,000 visitors in 2008 Andina 5/11/2008 More Espanol

Spain returns pre-Columbian artifacts from Patterson Collection to Peru

Do not miss North Peru :: Forum Pérou :: Ne perdez pas du nord Perou 

 

Please see  Transport for an increasing number of airlines, Cruises, &

more comfortable, modern & economic buses arriving in Trujillo & north Peru.

National Geographic has an article on the Incas & a map of pre Colombian cultures in May 2002,

which they started to feature on TV in the USA on 19 May 2002, & has recently been showing

other programmes on the Moche Murder Mysteries.

Discovery Channel features various articles too. Le Figaro produced an article on the Moche in August
2001, & an article on Peru was in the Italian Dove Magazine in April 2002.

There is much to see between the frontier with Ecuador, & Lima.

Many sites are very close to major cities on the Panamerican Highway.

Make sure your itinerary allows sufficient time at each site,

instead of rushing through half of Peru.

Colonial Trujillo is a potential World Heritage site.

Map & photos:. Plano de la ciudad de Truxillo...  www.pilsentrujillo.com.pe/tutierra/ind_historia.html

 

Situated 6km south east of Trujillo, the Pyramid of the Sun

was the largest construction in the Americas, & yielded

nearly 10 tonnes of gold & silver in colonial days.

The Pyramid of the Moon has over 8,000m2 of polychrome reliefs,

extensive panoramas over the countryside, excavations in progress & soon a site museum.

Ver galería

The project won first prize for good government practice in 2007.

Huaca de La Luna to receive 110,000 visitors in 2008 

Andina 5/11/2008 More Espanol

Like The Learning Channel, National Geographic has been visiting,  

filming & writing for the 2008 magazine & 2009 guide.

Make sure you see all areas opened recently & included in the entry ticket

(11 nuevos soles general entrance, 6.00 students, 1.00 children). 

The complex & extensive murals on the north facade of the Huaca de la Luna were inaugurated

on 21st October 2004 & a US1.25M site museum & US$0.25m roof are in progress.

 Nearby you can visit Moche Zoológico animal refuge. See the hairless dogs too.

Excavations are also in progress 12km inland at the Cpisnique culture site of Caballo Muerto.

60km north west of Trujillo, El Brujo Archaeological Complex' 3 temples holds

5,000 years of numerous cultures, history, extensive polychrome reliefs & murals,

overlooking a splendid beach (Entrance 11 nuevos soles general entrance, 

PE S/.6 for students, PE S/.1 for children) & including the new site museum.

See ElBrujoPeru for National Geographic July 2004 & June 2006 in 5 languages & other articles on

Huaca Prieta, Brujo (Cortada/Partida), Señora de Cao & her mausoleum opened on 27th July 2007.

Caral, declared a World Heritage in July 2009, is among the oldest city states in America.

Near Casma are sites like Sechín from 1,700BC, & the delightful beach of Las Tortugas.

Archaeologists are working in the same valley at Chanquillo, in the Chao & Viru valleys between

there & Trujillo, in Mocollope (Chicama) & Farfan (Jequetepeque).

Festivals include the Marinera(January), Carnival(February), Spring(September) & Ocean Festival(May).

Huanchaco has the reedboats & is near to Puerto Malabrigo-Chicama & the world's longest left hand wave. 

Surf north Peru's beaches.

The 7 Wonders of Peru Winners include 

Chan Chan, the largest city in the Americas

when the Incas arrived in 1460.

The government approved a 10 million nuevos soles

budget for ongoing conservation work.

An Italian mission will participate in Chan Chan & Sipán excavations.

You can take a 6 hour daytime bus up the Cañon del Pato to Caraz to trek the Santa Cruz loop,

or take daytrips to Chavin de Huantar & site museum, Llanganuco lakes or Pastoruri Glacier.

'The Marcahuamachuco ruins surely rank in the top 10 archaeological sites in Peru' (Footprint Peru 2007 p.441) as well as its 7 Wonders.

Nearby Huamachuco is just 6 hours inland from Trujillo, giving access also via Cajabamba to Cajamarca.

Chotuna - Chornancap site museum, near Lambayeque, officially opens in August 2009.

The Royal Tombs of Sipan National Museum in Lambayeque opened on 11/11/2002.

The purpose-built 3 storey pyramid-like Museum is an attraction in its own right.

 

It is 3 blocks from the Bruning Regional Museum of Lambayeque.

The tomb found in 1987 (National Geographic October 1988) was the richest

ever found in the western hemisphere, & by June 1990 (National Geographic)

was the richest series of tombs found anywhere in the world for a century.

The Sipan site is smaller than the Huacas del Sol y la Luna de Moche, has a nice feel,

excavations renewed in 2007, & excellent replicas in most of the tombs & site museum.

Two new museums show Peru's rich heritage to the world

17 km north east of Chiclayo,

Ferreñafe has another purpose-built museum

opened in November 2001,

the National Museum of Sican

(More below on this Lambayeque culture).

All 3 museums have gold collections which outclass those in Lima & Bogota.

TumiThere were exhibits in France (September 19-29 2008) & Germany too (Hamburg) "1/1/07-24/6/2007.

Tucume, 35km from Chiclayo has 26 temples viewed from a hilltop, & 3 excellent museum halls.

Its gold has yet to be discovered. Gold found recently at Moche has yet to be displayed.

There are new discoveries at Huaca QuiñonesSipán (14th tomb), nearby Huaca Ventarrón, Collud-Zarpán & Chotuna with site Museums in progress. 

10 hours inland is Chachapoyas which has sites to rival Machu Picchu.

All much cheaper than Cusco. Programa de XII Semana Turística de Chachapoyas  1-7/6/2008. 

Return via Leimebamba (new museum opened in 2001), Celendín, Cajamarca &

Kuntur Wasi (good road, gold etc Museum & newly cleared ruins giving extensive panorama).

There is more information on all these in  Ecuador Peru route information & Tours in 5 languages.

We will be happy to help with accommodation in Trujillo, at www.xanga.com/CasadeClara

join you up with other travellers, guide you around the sites,

or just provide up-to-date information in 5 languages. See Peru, World's catalogue on You Tube.

Michael White & Clara Bravo

Press coverage at Huaca de la Luna:

PROYECTO CENTRO CULTURAL MOCHE VIEJO PROPONEN EN HUACA DE LA LUNA

 

Se ubicará en la zona que se encuentra en el lí­mite sur del área del sitio

arqueológico y que colinda al oeste con la Campiña de Moche.  

www.peruprensa.org/Ta241205.htm

 

Diario La República - La reina premia a los Moches

www.larepublica.com.pe/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105824&Itemid=28&fecha_e...

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Diario La República - Maravillas bajo tierra

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www.huacadelaluna.org.pe  Webpage new in 2004. English/Español

www.huacas.com

Grim Rites of the Moche - [ Traduzca esta página ] Huaca de la Luna

Temple of Doom El Brujo Archaeological site in National Geographic Magazine of July 2004 in many languages.

 

Virtual Archaeology: The El Brujo Project

Frommers.com : Central & South America : Peru : Northern Peru ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Excursions to El Brujo

Moche Death Rituals in New Zealand www.otagomuseum.govt.nz/WhatsOn/WhatsOn

 

 

                                                                                                Lechuza Terrestre 

                                                                                                Owl frequently seen at Huacas

 

SCIENTISTS UNCOVER INCA CHILDREN'S 'COUNTDOWN TO SACRIFICE' 1 October 2007

www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX041314.html

 

The Lara McClintoch Archaeological Mystery Series - The Moche Warrior
...these were troubled times in Moche country. El Nino was on its way ... fishermen were coming ashore ...
the normally fertile lands in the mountains were now locked in drought and the people from the highlands ...
were migrating to lower ground in search of arable land....
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Moche Burials Uncovered @ nationalgeographic.com - [ Traduzca esta página ]
In More to Explore the National Geographic magazine team shares some of its best ...

Dos Cabezas Archaeological Site.

See below for weblinks to National Geographic on Moche, Chachapoyas & the Americas.

See photographs of past visits to sites & maps at

http://communities.msn.com/TrujilloPeru/pictures

http://www.mystique.com/gallery/Peru-5-06?page=1

Other people's photos of the Moche Pyramids,

Ancient city of Chan-Chan, The Andes and a fortress at 3KM, The ...

Amazon, Kuelap etc.

Visit with Vegiventures to Huaca de la Luna, Chan Chan etc.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ahlohmann/Peru_2003.html

 

Ball of Dirt on Trujillo, Peru / Gail Imel / South America / Buses ...

20786243511_0_BG Señora de Cao y litera Michael is English and Clara Peruvian -

and according to the guide books,

the best tour guides in Trujillo which

I found out first hand to be true! ...

ballofdirt.com/entries/13663/194464.html

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P Meiner, Czech Republic

http://pmeiner.rajce.idnes.cz/2006_Peru/#1536.JPG

Sinead's travels

The next day, we went out to Huaca del Brujo (Temple of the Wizard) with Clara's British husband,
Michael. He was just as knowlegeble and enthusiastic about the site.

www.whereissinead.blogspot.com

...In the end I got a really nice place to stay clara bravo's hospedaje on the edge
of the town. Lots of travelers, good food and guided tours, couldn't have been easier.

www.owenskelly/peru3.html

Chiclayo, Peru - Chiclayo - Fabulous Gold Of Sipan - WOW 

... our hostel (casadeclara) turned out to be very friendly and full of gringos to talk to...

and the locals were having a party! 

The hostel is excellent and is run by Michael and his wife Clara. 

- he organises great tours and knows so much about this area.

This Northern section (Chiclayo, Trujillo & Huaraz) are often not visited on the gringo circuit

and missing this is missing some of the best things that Peru has to offer. 

http://travelpod.com/.../skcoll/worldtour2005/1122022260/tpod.html

 

Where's the Girl? - Traducir esta página

... Michael White  runs a hostel and tours out of Trujillo.  ...

One of the travelers we met in Huaraz recommended him and said he made his stay in Trujillo a great experience....

Michael was very knowledgeable about all the local cultures (past and present), and made the tours a real learning experience....

 www.invasivedesigns.com/boyandgirl/archiveEntry.asp?main_id=58

Day 21, Sep 24 2002. Huacas del Sol y Luna, Dragón/Rainbow & Chan Chan.
... Our Trujillo area guide, Michael, was very knowledgeable and he spoke good English ...
in fact, he was English. ...
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... Tschudi Temple and had a great guide, originally from the UK, called Michael
White. ... In the afternoon we were dropped off in the town of Trujillo. ...
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Michael White, co owner of the hostel is an excellent guide to the local archaelogy ...

These are mud brick constructions in the coastal desert where archaeologists have revealed

colourful detailed murals, burial chambers and artefacts....

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South American Explorers

Civilization near Trujillo goes back to 3500 BC. ... Chan Chan and Huaca de la Luna.

We hired Englishman Michael White as a guide. He is very good and really knows the material. ...
We enjoyed our coastal tour. If we had had more time we would have gone further north. ...
The far north of Peru does not get enough attention. Maybe next time.

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Trujillo, Peru

Have been relaxing in a nice homestay in Trujillo called Casa de Clara, run by a brummie guy who has cable tv.

We can eat with the family any meals we want to join in with, which had been great to get some strength back.

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/coopertrooper/rtw-2006/1165938840/tpod.html

Peru & Ecuador Voor vandaag staan de Huaca del Sol en de Huaca de la Luna
(tempel van de zon en de maan) op het programma, een oud bouwwerk van de Moche. ...
Michael is de beste gids die we tot nu toe gehad hebben: hij heeft droge Britse humor,
weet van alles te vertellen over de ruïnes en de cultuur die erachter zit, ...
en met name de vanzelfsprekendheid waarmee hij de mensenoffercultuur uitlegt maakt het allemaal erg logisch. ...
Hij kent ook iedereen op de locatie waar ze nog aan het graven zijn.
www.maartenvanbeek .nl/categories/reizen/Peru&ecuador/index.htm

Northern Peru Huanchaco is a beach town. We went to Chan Chan, a FANTASTIC site, and I mean HUGE! .
... It´s a UNESCO site and ... With our very knowledgeable (and he was English!) guide, Michael White,
the site just came to life. It just really made me realize that there is soooo much more to Peru than the Incas ...
http://members.fortunecity.com/trinamurphy/SouthAmerica/NorthernPeru.html

Trujillo and Chan Chan, Peru
... Wow! So if you go there ... pay the extra money and get Michael to take you around. ...
Of the two temples, the Huaca de la Luna was more interesting because it ...
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From the Desert to the Glaciers in One Fun-Filled Day!

 

Exhausted from dragging ourselves from colectivo to bus to museum,

only to struggle to translate archaeological terms from Spanish to English,

we splurged on a guided tour of several Moche Pyramids and Chan Chan

(once the largest mud-brick city in the world). Our tour guide, Michael,…

was full of fun facts … about sites that otherwise would have looked like

piles of sand in the middle of the desert (except, of course, for the truly

unbelievable art carved into the walls of the Moche Temple of the Moon).

 

It was nice being ferried from site to site not having to worry about how to get there,

and how to get there cheap, and what to look at when we got there.

We’re realizing just how much of our time is spent navigating public transportation…

If we hadn’t gone on the tour, we probably wouldn’t have made it to the Moche temples,

which turned out to be a favorite, covered in stylized geometric and pictorial friezes

to which the original color still clung after something like 1500 years in the middle of

a windswept desert prone (weirdly) to floods and (not weirdly) to earthquakes.

Mind blowing.

Replete with obligatory stories of human sacrifice -the National Geographic article on the sites

wouldn’t shut up about the “gory, blood splattered warrior culture of the Moche” and managed

to forget about the impressive art they created.

 

We’re not exaggerating when we say that Chan Chan was extensive, I mean, the place was

freakin’ huge. It was a vast expanse of walls spreading out over the desert covered with the

remains of fish, bird, and fishing net designs. It must have been a truly inspiring place in its heyday…

Luckily our guide brought the place to life a bit. I’m sure we wouldn’t have gotten much out

of it if we were just wandering around by ourselves in the desert. Archaeologists are currently

working hard to preserve the site from El Niño phenomena and desert winds. Photos

http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Sarah+K/?p=76

 

SE CONFORMA CONSEJO REGIONAL DE TURISMO DE LA LIBERTAD
En una significativa y trascendental reunión se conformó la noche del miércoles el Consejo Regional de turismo de La Libertad por una iniciativa conjunta del sector público y privado, con la finalidad de contribuir y promover el desarrollo sostenible y competitivo de la actividad turística en el marco del PENTUR y los planes Regionales y provinciales.
La reunión estuvo conducida por el actual gerente regional de Comercio Exterior y Turismo, Dr. Bernardo Alva Pérez. El Consejo fue instalado por el Presidente del Gobierno Regional de La Libertad, Ingº Jose Murgia Zannier quien refirió de la importancia de este Consejo como un ente concertador entre el sector público privado así como para validar las iniciativas que provengan de ambos sectores.
El presidente Murgia también ha transmitido a los asistentes las buenas nuevas en el área de la conectividad terrestre de la región anunciando el asfaltado al sitio arqueológico El brujo, la culminación este año del asfalto hasta la ciudad de Huamachuco las mismas que han de significar un dinamizador gravitante de la actividad turística en la región.
En el Consejo participa también la Municipalidad de Sánchez Carrión cuyo alcalde Carlos Alberto Loyola M., estuvo presente en esta primera reunión.
El consejo esta conformado por representantes de las siguientes instituciones:
- Dos de la Gerencia de Comercio Exterior, Turismo y Artesanía
- Uno de la Dirección Regional del Instituto Nacional de Cultura - La Libertad
- Uno de la Policía Nacional del Perú
- Uno de la Municipalidad Provincial de Trujillo
- Uno de una Municipalidad Provincial de la zona costera
- Uno de una Municipalidad Provincial de la zona andina
- Uno de la Cámara de Organizaciones gremiales de Turismo
- Dos de organizaciones gremiales distritales de la región La Libertad
- Uno de AHORA La Libertad
- Uno de ADAVIT La Libertad
- Uno del Comité de Turismo de la Cámara de Comercio y Producción de La Libertad
- Uno de AGOTUR La Libertad
- Uno de REPTUR
- Uno del Colegio de Licenciados de Turismo de La Libertad
- Uno del sector de transporte turístico
- Uno de las Escuelas Profesionales de Turismo de las Universidades locales
- Un representante de I Perú 

 

Juramentación del Comité de Asociaciones de Guías de Turismo del CTN

El pasado 23 de mayo en la ciudad de Cajamarca juramentaron los representantes del flamante Comité de Asociaciones de Guías del Circuito Turístico Nororiental, el cual asumirá el reto de capacitar a los integrantes de las asociaciones para garantizar la competitivad de los mismos en el servicio de guiado del Circuito Turístico Nororiental.

La ceremonia contó con la presencia de Juan Yánez, Presidente de la Federación Nacional de Guías de Turismo del Perú; Miriam Gayoso Paredes, Gerente del Proyecto CTN-Perú; y representantes de las asociaciones de guías de turismo de Cajamarca, Amazonas, La Libertad, Lambayeque y Ancash. El comité tiene la siguiente conformación:
  • Presidente: G.O.T. Victor Corcuera, representado por la señora G.O.T. Clara Bravo Agotur la Libertad.
  • Vicepresidente: G.O.T. Juan Carlos Pilcon Gonzales Aguiptur Cajamarca, representado por Javier Nuñez
  • Secretario: G.O.T Hector Diaz Luna Agotur Ancash
  • Tesorera: G.O.T. Hildegard León - Agotur Amazonas.
  • Vocal: G.O.T. Judith Modrante Olano Agotur Lambayeque.


Flamante comité de Asociaciones de Guías de Turismo del Circuito Turístico Nororiental

TALLER DE CAPACITACIÓN PARA GUIAS DE TURISMO DEL CTN 19 y 20 DE JUNIO 2008 -

Lugar: Sala Señorial – Gran Hotel Chiclayo.
PROGRAMA
DIA 19 DE JUNIO

HORA

TEMÁTICA

EXPOSITOR

8:30 a.m – 9:00 a.m.

Inscripción de participantes

Proyecto CTN-PERÚ

9:00 a.m – 9:10 a.m.

Presentación CTN-PERÚ

Proyecto CTN-PERÚ

9:10 a.m – 10:00 a.m

Sipán

Walter Alva

10:00 a.m – 10:50 a.m

Kuelap

Alfredo Narváez

10:50 a.m – 11:05 a.m

Pausa – café

 

11:05 a.m – 12:00 m

Huaca de la Luna

Ricardo Morales

12:00 m – 12:50 p.m.

Túcume

Bernarda Delgado

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Almuerzo

Proyecto CTN - PERÚ

2:50 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.

Sicán

Carlos Elera

3:40 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Cumbemayo

Alfredo Narváez

4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Pausa Café

 

4:45 p.m. – 5:35 p.m.

Chan Chan

Cristóbal Campana

5:35 p.m. – 6:25 p.m.

Técnicas de Liderazgo, conducción y animación de grupos

Ángel Arellano

DIA 20 DE JUNIO.

HORA

TEMÁTICA

EXPOSITOR

9:00 a.m – 9:50 a.m.

El Brujo

Régulo Franco

9:50 a.m – 10:40 a.m

Cajamarca, Historia en el CTN

Julio Sarmiento

10:40 a.m – 11:30 a.m

El Perfil Profesional del Guía

Tino Guzmán

11:30 a.m – 12:20 p.m

Marketing

Manuel Bryce

12:20 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Entrega de certificados

Proyecto CTN-PERÚ.

1:00 p.m.

Almuerzo

Proyecto CTN - PERÚ

Erika & Andrea's Sydamerika (Swedish):

www.carnesten.se/andreas/sydamerika/index.php?target=varharvivarit&storien=52

Sciotecha: Erotic ceramics from ancient Peruvian Moche culture - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... depictions of sexual acts crafted more than 1,500 years earlier by the Moche.

HOLANDA / Tintín promociona el turismo al Perú en El Museo Nacional de Etnología Leiden,

expone la singular muestra "Tintín hacia los Incas".

La exposición esta basada en la aventura de Tintín en el Templo del Sol, en la cual el famoso reportero belga,

personaje de comic, recorre el Perú buscando el tesoro escondido de los incas.

Entorno al tema, se muestran objetos precolombinos, piezas propias de la culturas Chavín, Moche, Huari,

Tiahuanaco, Chimu, Chancay e Inca. La exposición utiliza téchnicas de museologí¡ moderna,

que incluyen montajes especiales, películas, diapositivas y más.
http://www.rmv.nl/rmv/e/index/fr_opening.html

The different archaeological projects & providers of tourism services need to collaborate to progress:

Click here for the Goose Business Philosophy.

Calendario Turístico del Departamento de La Libertad, Trujillo ... shows more local events.

For congresses etc please click on events.

CALENDARIO INTERNACIONAL DE EVENTOS TURISTICOS

AGENDA - EVENTOS PROFESIONALES HOTELERIA TURISMO 

(31-08-04) PERÚ EN BÚSQUEDA DE TURISMO

www.cotal.org.ar La información turística institucional en las versiones

español, inglés y portugués.

Clara estudió en el CN Santa Rosa y ISP Santo Tomás de Aquino en Trujillo.

http://peru.op.org/familiadominicana/hermanas/inmaculadas/index.htm

The National University of Trujillo Strategy, Vision & Mission of the best university in the north of Peru.

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys - Home Page

Sunday Times National Secondary School of the Year 2006.
 
Best secondary in absolute terms Abrir este resultado en una nueva ventana - Traducir esta página
Guardian Unlimited Web. Search Education.
Best secondary in absolute terms

education.guardian.co.uk/bestschools/page/0,16468,1565696,00.html - 151k -

Gilberstone, a Birmingham primary school with a legend

Video of Trujillo for Economy, Accountancy & Finance Congress 2007 www.xiiconeccof.unitru.edu.pe/portal/video/video.html

Accountancy: Inca counting system deciphered:

Scientists untangle Inca number-strings

Scientists untangle Inca number-strings Knotted threads carry signs of ancient accountancy.

Andreas von Bubnoff A khipu records numbers through knots...

http://npg.nature.com/news/2005/050808/pf/050808-11_pf.html

BBC Mundo | De todo un poco | Descifran "calculadora" inca
... Quipu expuesto en Florencia. En los quipus se anudaban los resultados de las ...
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/ misc/newsid_3427000/3427995.stm - 28k - 10 Ago 2005 -
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Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery has ceramics & textiles displays of the Moche, Chimu & Inca.

Guias Premiadas por Concejo Municipal de Trujillo Agosto 2006ACTIVIDADES EN TRUJILLO POR EL DIA DEL GUIA DE TURISMO
Hoy  12 de Julio se celebrará nivel nacional el día del Guía del Turismo y, 
en Trujillo con  una programación especial AGOTURLIB la Asociación ha
considerado tener  una conferencia magistral por el Director de la Escuela de
Turismo de la U.N.T. Luis Coronado Tello, reconocimiento a dos Guías Oficiales
por su labor y esfuerzo en el Salón Consistorial de la Municipalidad,
así mismo el día  12 habrá un campeonato de volley entre los Guías que trabajan
en el proyecto Huaca de la Luna y Guías que trabajan en el área de Chanchan,
se realizará en el Coliseo Inca,auspiciado por la Municipalidad de Trujillo,
por la Subgerencia de Desarrollo Económico a cargo del señor Jaime Bedón,
Backus, Strategia SAC, Guia Tours, Nancy Dominguez y otros colegas más.
Ese día 12 de Julio se promulgó nuestra ley seguiremos luchando por nuestra
reglamentación aún cuando hayan cambios de gobierno.
12 July 2006
. www.checkperu.org

TRUJILLO Asociación de Guías celebró 28 aniversario
Por TRAVEL UPDATE - 21/2/2008
La Asociación de Guías Oficiales de Turismo de La Libertad celebró su 28º aniversario, siendo presente en el Izamiento del Pabellón Nacional en la Plaza de Armas de Trujillo el 17 de febrero. Una semana de actividades se inauguró en el Hotel Libertador con un brindis con pisco sour, una reseña de la Agoturlib, una conferencia sobre la Iconografía Mochica, una demostración de la Marinera y la inauguración de la página web que incluye el programa completo.

Los socios de Agoturlib y otros Guías Oficiales de Turismo presentes en el Taller ’’Chan Chan del Chimo’’ agradecieron al Dr. Crístobal Campana de la Unidad Ejecutora 110 de Chan Chan por su exposición en el local de la Alianza Francesa y por el Taller de Práctica en los Huachaques y Palacios de Chan Chan los días 19 y 20.
www.travelupdate.com.pe/detalles.asp?id=3828&gid=12&pg=1&sc=index.asp

Hoy habrá una tarde deportiva en el Club Libertad y cena de confraternidad y el 23 una visita a la Huaca Chotuna, al Museo Nacional de Sicán y al Bosque de Pomac conducido por los Arqueólogos Carlos Elera y Carlos Wester.

 


Museo de Sitio Huaca Chotuna Chornancap

The Chotuna Archaeological Complex, neighbouring the village of the same name, has remains from the Lambayeque,

Chimu and Inca cultures. Sacrifices from all three cultures have been reported below.

The Huacas Chotuna, Chornancap and Los Frisos, are among the principal monuments of the Complex.

ANDINA - Peru News Agency July 11 2009

Lambayeque's Huaca Chotuna-Chornancap museum to open next month ...
www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=0RI2nwSHbjM=

El Complejo Arqueologico Chotuna, vecino al caserio del mismo nombre, tiene restos de las culturas Lambayeque,

Chimu e Inca. Abajo se han reportado sacrificios humanos de todas las tres culturas.

Las Huacas Chotuna, Chornancap y Los Frisos, son entre los monumentos principales del Complejo.

Museo de Sitio Huaca Chotuna - Chornancap en Lambayeque abrirá sus ...[ Translate this page ]

10 Jul 2009 ... En unos 30 días se espera que el Museo de Sitio de Huaca Chotuna - Chornancap,

ubicado en la ciudad de Lambayeque, pueda abrir sus puertas y ...

www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=eaOL24K3Iv8=  

TRAVEL UPDATE - Noticias Turismo Perú Latinoamerica - [ Translate this page ]

En 30 días se tiene prevista la apertura del Museo de Sitio de Huaca Chotuna - Chornancap,

ubicado en la ciudad de Lambayeque, recinto que mostrará a la ...
www.travelupdate.com.pe/ampliando.asp?ID=11169

National Geographic video Pregnant woman sacrificed at Chotuna-Chornancap?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080911-pregnant-video-ap.html

USAT student video visit Chotuna & Tucume

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QElZOhIyWek

Huaca Chotuna museum to exhibit Chimu human sacrifices

About 33 skeletons of human sacrifices offered during the Chimu period, dating from 1350-1370 AD,

will be exhibited at the Huaca Chotuna site.
www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=4Y5dhwMqQwQ=

LAMBAYEQUE. NUEVO APORTE A LA HISTORIA
Víctimas, una de ellas gestante, habrían tenido entre 10 y 35 años.
Hallazgos serán exhibidos en museo de sitio que se inaugurará el 2009.
Por Wilfredo Sandoval

Descubren sacrificios humanos de 11 mujeres y maxilar de feto en huaca Chotuna de Lambayeque
Un conjunto de once esqueletos pertenecientes a mujeres sacrificadas,

uno de los cuales tenía entre las costillas el maxilar inferior de un feto,

fue descubierto en la huaca Norte ubicada dentro del complejo arqueológico

de Huaca Chotuna, en la provincia de Lambayeque. (AND193636)

www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=MJqWrNpnVtg=

Human sacrifices found in Chotuna archaeological site in Lambayeque
A group of 11 skeletons of sacrificed women, one of them with a fetus’ jawbone within the ribcage,

was discovered in the Huaca Norte, located at the archeological complex of Huaca Chotuna,

in the Peruvian northern province of Lambayeque. (AND193682)

www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/PortalBusqueda.aspx?BuscaEn=0&xcig=chotuna

Revivirán los famosos sacrificios Chimú 19/04/2009

Osamentas de la época Chimú, que datan de los años 1350 y 1370 de esta era

serán expuestas en el Museo de Sitio Huaca Chotuna de Lambayeque;

la exposición se iniciará a partir del próximo mes de mayo.

"En total son 33 las osamentas que serán mostradas, las mismas que pertenecen a

niños, mujeres y jóvenes entre los 8 y 20 años de edad descubiertos en el

complejo arqueológico Huaca Chotuna - Chornancap", 

www.correoperu.com.pe/correo/nota.php?txtEdi_id=23&txtSecci_parent=0&txtSecci_id=67&txtNota_id=41515 

Las investigaciones arqueológicas 23/12/2009

En estos días, los arqueólogos de Lambayeque que trabajan en las excavaciones en el

complejo arqueológico Chotuna-Chornancap están más felices que nunca, pues acaban de

encontrar una serie de tumbas, se calcula que unas 5, que serían de la época Chimú-Inca,

han detectado también más murales y frisos que serían de la cultura Lambayeque y  han

detectado indicios de que metros más abajo, habría una tumba Mochica.

www.correoperu.com.pe/correo/columnistas.php?txtEdi_id=23&txtSecci_parent=&txtSecci_id=77&txtNota_id=32175

Más noticias en Andina sobre Complejo Chotuna

El sábado 15/12/2007 se inaugurará el Museo de Sitio en Huaca Chotuna – Chornancap.
De esta manera, la Municipalidad Lambayeque fomenta el turismo como eje de desarrollo de esa región.
El Museo de Sitio tiene como objetivo promover un espacio educativo, cultural y a la vez turístico,

que permita demostrar el verdadero origen de Lambayeque.

Este proyecto beneficia directamente a 21 caseríos y a más de 60.000 personas inicialmente.

Descubren entierro múltiple en complejo arqueológico de Huaca Chotuna en Lambayeque Andina, Dic 17 2007.

Un entierro múltiple que pertenecería a la época de ocupación inca, así como textiles,

llamas y ofrendas fueron descubiertos en el Complejo Arqueológico de Huaca Chotuna-

Chornancap, ubicado a 10 kilómetros al oeste de la ciudad de Lambayeque. (AND153523)

Exhibirán en Lambayeque frisos polícromos de siglos X y XI Andina Oct 02 2007.
Frisos polícromos elaborados en los siglos X y XI por la cultura Lambayeque,

que actualmente existen en el complejo arqueológico Huaca Chotuna, serán puestos en valor y

mostrados a los turistas en el primer trimestre del próximo año. (AND143902)

Reiniciarán excavaciones arqueológicas para rescate vestigios de cultura Lambayeque Andina, Junio 16 2007
Investigadores peruanos y extranjeros reiniciarán a fin de mes
las excavaciones

arqueológicas en las huacas Chotuna y Gloria, del complejo arqueológico de Chotuna-Chornancap,

en el departamento de Lambayeque. (AND90872)

www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/PortalBusqueda.aspx?BuscaEn=0&xcig=hRYoSVM2Atc=

Expondrán frisos de hace 1.000 años Los dibujos en el complejo de Chotuna Chornancap, en Lambayeque,
están estrechamente vinculados con la leyenda de Naylamp y el origen de una gran cultura.
www.elcomercio.com.pe/edicionimpresa/Html/2007-08-12/peru0768889.html

Más noticias sobre Complejo Chotuna en El Comercio

Hace mil años sacrificaban a gestantes La Republica Dic 2008
Un mural polícromo y once esqueletos de mujeres jóvenes sacrificadas,

uno de los cuales tenía entre las costillas el maxilar de un feto,

fueron descubiertos por arqueólogos peruanos en la zona norte del complejo

Chotuna, que se ubica 10 kilómetros al oeste de Lambayeque.

www.larepublica.pe/archive/all/larepublica/20080912/pasadas/13/164509

Sican Archaeological Project (SAP) - Research Settings 
The major Middle Sicán mounds in the Lambayeque region (e.g., Huaca Chotuna, Chornancap,
La Luya, Sipán, and Taco) were all built close to a river or a ...
www.sican.org/settings.html
 

Avizoran ocho frentes de investigación arqueológica 26/04/2009

este año se continuará con los cinco frentes de investigación como las Pirámides de Túcume,

Huaca Las Ventanas, Huaca Rajada, Huaca Chotuna y Ventarrón-Collud.

recientemente han concluido con los proyectos para empezar otros tres nuevos frentes de investigación

 como son Huaca Banderas (Pacora), Huaca La Pava (Mochumí) y Huaca Jotoro (Jayanca).

www.correoperu.com.pe/correo/nota.php?txtEdi_id=23&txtSecci_parent=0&txtSecci_id=67&txtNota_id=45329

Information on Chotuna - Chornancap since 2001 transferred from Sican Peru 

(now containing Sican Museum, Sican Archaeological Project and Batan Grande)

on 11th July 2009.


Saturday, July 04, 2009

Norte Chico

Caral, Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad | El Comercio Perú Caral declared World Heritage site in 2009.

  Ciudad Sagrada de Caral Timeline

El complejo arquitectónico de Caral fue declarado Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad por la Unesco. (30/06/2009)

CARAL Se convertirá en segundo destino turístico del Perú 

Caral to become second most visited tourist attraction in Peru?

...la ciudadela de Caral se convertirá próximamente en el segundo destino turístico del Perú, luego de la Ciudadela Inca de Machupicchu.

www.travelupdate.com.pe/ampliando.asp?ID=7528

MINCETUR Presentarán en Caral Programa de Desarrollo Turístico de la Región Lima
www.travelupdate .com.pe/detalles.asp?id=2420&gid=12&pg=1&sc=index.asp

MINCETUR Invertirán en mejoramiento de carretera de ingreso a Caral Por TRAVEL UPDATE - 7/7/2008

El Viceministro de Turismo, Pablo López de Romaña Cáceres, anunció que en los próximos 2 meses se iniciará la ejecución de la obra “Rehabilitación y mejoramiento de la carretera de ingreso a Caral” con un aporte del Plan Copesco Nacional del Mincetur, que asciende a S/. 1 millón.

Asimismo, informó que el Proyecto Especial Arqueológico Caral-Supe (PEACS) podrá iniciar en breve los trabajos de conservación arqueológica y acondicionamiento turístico en Miraya y Lurihuasi, proyectos que serán financiados por el Plan Copesco Nacional del Mincetur con S/. 1 millón.
 
El viceministro hizo estos anuncios durante la inauguración del Puente Peatonal de Acceso al Complejo Arqueológico de Caral, obra que demandó una inversión cercana a los s/. 800,000 por parte del Plan Copesco Nacional del MINCETUR, en el marco de las acciones conjuntas que se desarrollan con el Gobierno Regional de Lima para la puesta en valor de este monumento.
 
“Estamos trabajando en la diversificación de nuestra oferta turística y la puesta en valor de Caral nos ayudará a atraer más turistas hacia el Valle de Supe, zona central cercana a Lima.
 
El año pasado, el Complejo Arqueológico de Caral recibió 42,346 visitantes entre nacionales y extranjeros; y estimamos que en los próximos 10 años este complejo podría recibirá a más de 180,000 personas”, añadió.
 
Explicó que el puente peatonal de acceso al Complejo Arqueológico de Caral comprende tres tramos y tiene una longitud de 72 metros.
 
Su estructura es de concreto armado y tiene barandas de seguridad y rampas para el ingreso y salida. La obra fue financiada por el Mincetur y ejecutada por el Gobierno Regional de Lima.
 
MINCETUR Aportará más de S/. 3 millones para puesta en valor de Caral-Supe Por TRAVEL UPDATE - 5/9/2007. 
El Viceministro de Turismo, Eduardo Arrarte destacó ayer que el Plan Copesco del MINCETUR aportará más de S/. 3 millones para la puesta en valor de la ciudad de Caral y los sitios arqueológicos de Miraya, Lurihuasi y Áspero, ubicados en el Valle de Supe. Explicó que el Plan Copesco del MINCETUR se ha comprometido a brindar asistencia técnica para obtener la viabilidad de los tres estudios de pre inversión que se están ejecutando para la puesta en valor de la Pirámides Mayor y Dual del sitio arqueológico de Miraya y de las Pirámides Mayor y Dual del sitio arqueológico de Lurihuasi, ubicados en Supe; así como de la Pirámide los Idolos, Pirámide Alta y Pirámide los Sacrificios del Sitio Arqueológico del Áspero en Supe Puerto.
www.travelupdate.com.pe/detalles.asp?id=2448&gid=12&pg=1&sc=index.asp
 
Peru: Amerikas älteste Stadt entdeckt! (Kultur)
Kaum bemerkt von der Öffentlichkeit haben Archäologen im wüsten Hochland von Peru eine Sensation entschlüsselt: Sie entdeckten die älteste Ortschaft Amerikas, die 4600 Jahre alte "Heilige Stadt von Caral"
 
Proyecto arqueológico Caral presentará recientes hallazgos
Como se ha vuelto una sana costumbre, el próximo mes se celebrará un aniversario más de la ciudad sagrada de Caral con la presentación de recientes hallazgos. Por ejemplo, el año pasado lo que llamó más la atención fue una plaza. Como es el estilo característico de la civilización más antigua de América, ésta es circular y hundida. Pero la particularidad es que está decorada de dos colores y luce la huella de pies y manos. (AND192287)
 
Caral Archaeological Project to present recent findings
A team of archaeologists working at the ancient citadel of Caral will present recent research findings including a four-cornered square and a number of geometric structures very similar to those of the Gran Pajatén, an archaological site located in the Andean cloud forests of Peru. (AND192302)
www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=BJ5UjuUkoAA=

Caral First City in the New World?
An introduction from Smithsonian magazine.

PERU'S CARAL SUGGESTS CIVILIZATION EMERGED IN THE AMERICAS 1,000 YEARS EARLIER THAN EXPERTS BELIEVED

www.caralperu.gob.pe
Plan Maestro de Caral   www.larepublica.com.pe/noticia_cs.jsp?pId=11
BBC - Horizon - The Lost Pyramids of Caral 

CARETAS HOME PAGE ... Historial De CARAL

Caral RDBoyd .

Whitley Strieber's Unknown Country ... The Supe River Valley area of Peru, where Caral is located .

The Field Museum Information: Press Room - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... CHICAGO – New radiocarbon dates indicate that the site of Caral (23 km east of Supe, & km 182 marker north
of Lima, Peru) was home to the earliest known urban settlement .

Field Museum anthropologists establish date and importance of the Americas' oldest city
Radiocarbon dates of plant fibers indicate that Caral (120 miles north of Lima, Peru) was home to the earliest known urban settlement .

Oldest evidence of city life in the Americas reported in Science , early urban planners ...
The ancient Peruvian site of Caral may have been one of the first urban centers in the Americas, thriving more than a thousand years before other .

Mesoweb Reports - Archaeologists have announced a secure date of 2627 BC for the earliest parts of
the site of Caral in Peru. ... Caral was built before the domestication of grain. ... .

Trip to Aspero – Caral: Discovering The Most Ancient Civilization of America

La ciudad sagrada de Caral Supe - Indice
INDICE. Formato .PDF. Introducción. Capítulo I. Contexto Geográfico e Histórico
La Ubicación de Caral. Capítulo II. La Ciudad Sagrada de Caral. Capítulo III. ...
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Civilization lost? | csmonitor.com
Caral, Peru has shattered the myth that civilization got a late start in
the New World. Nearly 5000 years ago, people here in the ...
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CARETAS HOME PAGE - [ Translate this page ]
... finalmente, con inocultable orgullo, la doctora Ruth Shady, quien todos los fines
de semana viaja a Caral para continuar un trabajo que pone al Perú ...
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Aerófonos de Caral, Perú - [ Translate this page ]
English Aerófonos de Caral, Perú. Los tubos más antiguos con un hoyo sonoro lateral
y un tabique en su interior. Foto de las flautas de Caral. ...
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[PDF] LAS FLAUTAS DE CARAL-SUPE: APROXIMACIONES AL ESTUDIO ACUSTICO ...
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GEO.de - Peru: Amerikas älteste Stadt entdeckt! - [ Translate this page ]

... Mesopotamien, Ägypten, Indien und China reiht sich nun zu Beginn des dritten Jahrtausends

unversehens auch ein altamerikanischer Standort ein: Caral in Peru. ...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Colonial Trujillo Peru

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Trujillo del Perú was founded by Diego de Almagro in December (maybe late November) 1534, under express orders from Francisco Pizarro and the foundation was formalized in March 1535. It was founded among 4 Chimú settlements (Moche, Huanchaco, Huamán & Mampuesto), so they could ally against the Incas. It was named after Pizarro´s home town, & the original street plan traced by Martín de Estete, following royal ordinances via Panamá, requiring for example a military building (intendencia) on the plaza. It was a religious & military conquest & details like the town hall could wait.

 

The Plaza de Armas originally had 3 solares on each side, plots which stretched to the next street. Each house typically had a zaguán or entrance hall to a first reception patio, the salón with the cuadra behind, leading to the second patio with the family rooms around it & a third patio with the servants’ quarters, stables, gardens and a well.

 

In 1687 a city wall designed by the Italian José de Fomento was completed by the Duke of Palata, to make the residents feel safe from pirates. As the city grew, it disappeared from where we now have the elliptic Avenida España.

There are just three restored remnants; la Portada de la Sierra, an entry gate towards the highlands at the top (9th block) of Pizarro, while a buttress & a ‘cortina’ (that ran between two buttresses) at opposite ends of Colón. Near the entrance, there are remains of the original distribution cistern (caja de aguas) which directed water in 5 directions.

The same pedestrian area has a fountain built by Gustave Eiffel,

transferred from the Plaza de Armas (see painting) for strategic reasons during the war of the Pacific (1879-1883). It shows four statues of people representing the four seasons.

 

 

City Tour

A 9am start from the top end of Pizarro, down to Orbegoso & past the Plaza de Armas to the corner of Bolognesi, returning up Independencia to Junín, gives time for breaks before finishing at the University museum which is open until 2.45pm. Colonial houses are generally open 9.30am to 1pm & 4.30-6.15pm on weekdays & Saturdays until midday.

 

Architecture

From the start, the height of buildings was limited by the possibility of seismic activity. The lack of good quality wood & stone & the costs of working them helped them acquire faith in adobe, which resists earthquakes, keeps heat in & out, with three thousand years of experience readily available.

Initially floors were mud & roofs were flat, until the occurrence of El Niño rains dictated change. Floors became rounded stones, flagstones or red brick & the roofs acquired slopes. The colonial architecture was then built on terrepleines around the patios. There were extensive mural designs. The Gothic art style was lost in the 1619 earthquake. Moorish & baroque styles remained in the 17th century. Baroque mestizo, an indigenous influence continued until 1760. From then there were rococo, French, Italian & English influences. A single solid colour is typical of the last century. Only the colours traditionally available should be used in the historic centre.

Windows were few & high for security. Originally of wood, they were painted dark blue or green. The copper content helped protect the wood from insects. Decorated iron nails, knockers (aldavas) & hinges & protectors helped provided security.

The stone window sills (peanas) & canopies (conopeas) helped keep them in position, especially after iron was imported from Biscay after the 1759 earthquake: first forged (forjado) & then cast (fundido) iron railings. The metal was often painted black, with gold coloured embellishments. The white seen today is a tradition for the last century.

All of Trujillo was destroyed by the earthquake on St. Valentine’s Day in 1619. What was not destroyed was demolished. A few details remain in the entrance halls (zaguánes) & below later foundations.

As a result of natural disasters, financial problems, sales & inheritances, few houses retain all three. The Casa Orbegoso & Casa del Mayorazgo acquired L-shaped plans.

 

Churches (On google map)

The churches started with the form of a Latin cross. They started off as monasteries or convents. Later, if they had less than 15 monks, nuns or novices they were limited to being churches. Minor churches started with just one tower. The second tower & lateral naves appeared later.

 

The Cathedral (Orbegoso 4 & Independencia 5) was rebuilt between 1647-1666, two previous churches on the same site having been destroyed by earthquakes. It has baroque & rococo altars, the wooden principal altar having being restored after the 1970 earthquake. It has Quito & Cuzco style paintings & a museum alongside with outstanding paintings & religious clothing.

To the right of the Cathedral in the photo is the Cathedral Museum, & next door, the Archbishop's Palace.

 

The Archbishop’s Palace & particularly the woodwork & Seville tiles, were beautifully restored for the visit of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of state of the Vatican, & opened to the public subsequently in September 2007.

 

 

 

La Merced was one of the first two churches of Trujillo & was rebuilt in 1630. It was constructed by Alfonso de las Nieves. The main façade is baroque, with the founder of the order San Pedro Nolasco in the lateral façade too.

Its espadañas could not carry a full-sized bell, so the bells lie on the floor near the entrances.

The upper choir stalls have a mock, painted, wooden, rococo 18th century organ & the original altar (painted on the wall before there was wood or funds), is still on view in the nave nearest the lateral entrance. 

The main altar is covered in gold leaf.

The four pechinas painted below the inner dome which collapsed in the 1970 earthquake have been beautifully restored.

 

 

 

La ex-Compania de Jesús (Pizarro 3 & Almagro 3), a work of Diego de la Puente between 1632-1633 was considered the bench mark for later buildings, including the cathedral. The Jesuits were expelled from the colonies around 1766 & never returned to Trujillo.

Simón Bolívar founded the first republican university there in 1824 & the National University of Trujillo still uses it for conferences & occasional exhibits.

The nocturnal picture shows from right to left, doric, ionic & compound Corinthian capitels on its columns.

 

 

 

San Francisco (Independencia 607 & Gamarra) has part (cátedra) of the pulpit from which San Francisco predicted (in 1613) that Trujillo would be destroyed, as it was, later in 1619. The pulpit, main altar & polychrome altars are of baroque style.

 

Santo Domingo (1638-1642 & 1669)(Pizarro 2 & Bolognesi 4).

 

 

 

 

 

Santa Clara (Junín 4 & Independencia 6) convent’s church has a ‘torna voz’, where you can talk, but not see the cloistered nuns. The public can see them only during Sunday mass when they sing in ‘seven voices’ at 8am.

 

 

Belén (1705), the church of the hospital order was considered audacious for its height in an area which is prone to earthquakes. It was the last to reopen, late in 1995, following the 1970 earthquake.

 

San Agustín (1658) Bolivar 508 & Orbegoso 6) has a main altar & pulpit, both covered in gold leaf & of baroque style.

 

Santa Ana  (Orbegoso 2 & Zepita 4), Santa Rosa (1717) & San Lorenzo (Ayacucho 4 & Colón 7) were originally ‘iglesias menores’ for the indigenous people.

San Lorenzo’s roof collapsed as a result of the 1997/8 ‘El Niño’ rains, so our wedding was more economic, helped the restoration fund & was better illuminated for the wedding photos than normal.

 

 

Monasterio e Iglesia del Carmen (Bolívar & Colón) was finished in 1725, but only opened its picture gallery (pinacoteca) & occasionally the church (in photo) to the public in the 1990s. The monastery remains closed.

 

 

There are four churches near Chimú sites, away from the city centre.

San Salvador de Mansiche & its Popes’ Plaza were visited by the Pope John Paul II in 1984. The arch commemorating his visit was demolished when the avenue was widened. A huge cross at the Ovalo Papal on the Avenida América is a reminder of hundreds of thousands gathering to see him there. He visited Iquitos too, el ‘Papa charapa.’

 

Santiago de Huamán has a baroque mestizo façade. It is 3km west of Trujillo’s centre.

Santuario trujillano contará con iluminación arquitectónica (English)
El santuario Santiago de Huamán, del centro poblado de Huamán, en el distrito trujillano de Víctor Larco (La Libertad), contará con iluminación arquitectónica, informó hoy el Arzobispado Metropolitano de Trujillo. (AND192301)

www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=XwHQlOTnZiE=

 

Restaurarán lienzos del siglo XVII de templo trujillano
Dos valiosos lienzos del Santuario de Huamán, en Trujillo (La Libertad), pertenecientes al siglo XVII, serán restaurados en una iniciativa conjunta entre varias instituciones, informó hoy el Arzobispado Metropolitano de Trujillo. (AND201690) www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=pypwrGIcvDE=

 

 

Virgen del Perpetuo Socorro de Huanchaco has an extensive view over the bay. Pilgrimages each 5 years since it was built go to San José, Mansiche & around the 12 churches inside Trujillo’s Avenida España.

 

San José is at the north entrance to the Velarde palace of Chan Chan. The lighting was improved from Trujillo to Huanchaco & at its two churches in 2008.

 

Lighting was also improved at the Cathedral, San Francisco, Carmen, San Agustín

Nocturnal tours are being programmed for Trujillo. As a result of interest in the Historic Centre of Trujillo becoming World Heritage, it was realized the cemetery is historically important & is to be included in such tours.

 

Colonial houses (on google map)

 

Casa de la Emancipación (Pizarro 610 & Gamarra) has a copy of the coat of arms of Trujillo, authorized by Carlos I (Karl V) in 1537 to reward its loyalty to Spain. It is where the precursors of independence met for the forthcoming independence of Peru, became the first seat of Constituent Congress in 1823 & the government of Riva Agüero. One hall houses a model of colonial Trujillo; an exhibit on the Bishop of Trujillo Martinez de Compañon, replicas of his water colours; and another on Peru´s best known poet, Cesar Abraham Vallejo Mendoza, including his works translated into many languages. Another has a varied & interesting gallery maintained by BBVA.

 

Palacio Iturregui (Pizarro 688 & Junín) was built around 1840 by the man who declared the independence of Lambayeque before moving to Trujillo. The American George Squier declared the most splendid residence in South America. It still conserves its three patios & has been the home of the Club Central for over a century.

You can enter the first patio with marble floors, wrought & cast iron windows, & with a prior appointment, more of the house & its ceramic collection. It was the first residence to have a functional second floor.

 

 

 

 

Casa Urquiaga y Calonge, Pizarro 446 is on its original bases, a solar allocated in 1534.

Bolívar lived here in the early 1820s, leaving his writing desk & documents of the first government & the founding of what became today’s National University of Trujillo.

Its dining hall is beautifully lit by the skylight & chandelier.

The picture shows the second of three patios it still conserves &

the third still has a fig tree, indicating that its descendants are from one of the 13 settling families. It is occupied by Banco Central de la Reserva.

 

 

Next door on Pizarro, Guillermo Ganoza' s house still has caballos de paso appear on Festival days.

 

 

 

 

La Municipalidad (Pizarro 402) was donated by Victor Larco in 1917, & lost its third storey during the 1970 earthquake. Trujillo’s independence from Spain was declared on the same site, in an earlier town hall on 29th December 1820. Iperu has its information office here.

 

 

Simón Bolívar called the Department La Libertad & its centenary was celebrated with the building of a monument built by the concourse winner the German Edmund Müller.

 

 

 

 

Casa del Mayorazgo de Facalá  (Pizarro 314 & Bolognesi 5) was where Peru’s first flag was embroidered.

It has the best corner balcony in Trujillo, with beautiful interior & exterior woodcarvings.

The building was beautifully restored in 1991 by BancoWiese which became Scotia Bank.

 

La Casa Muñoz La Casa Muñoz y Cañete. Constructed on the plot assigned to the Márquez Francisco Pizarro. Until recently occupied by the Prefect of Trujillo. The typical 18th century coastal plan was adapted in the 19th century. As is traditional in republican architecture of vice royal origin it has all adobe walls, wood, cane & mud plaster (quincha) roofing.

 

Ex-Hotel Carranza (Orbegoso 311 & San Martín 5). It was previously known as Hotel del Arco, as there used to be an arch on the corner permitting access to the Main Plaza from the north. The poet César Vallejo (1892-1938) lived in a room there as a student & teacher. Rincon de Vallejo is an excellent typical restaurant here & nearby on España.

 

Casa Orbegoso, Orbegoso 553, was the residence of the only Peruvian President from the Region of La Libertad, General Luis Jaime de Orbegoso y Moncada. His body was transferred from the Miraflores cemetery to the crypt below his house on his 200th birthday in 1995. The corner balcony is eclectic & gives a good view over the patio to the San Agustín church, to which it used to belong.

The entrance hall (zaguán) has Moorish, baroque, baroque mestizo, rococo & neoclassic art. The wooden lattice of the chancellery (cancela) permitted secure communication with the first patio.

Cannons like those on the first & corner patios originally defended the Plaza Armada, later called the Plaza de Armas & today the Plaza Mayor.

The turned window bars & frames are painted green like the rest of the woodwork. Above the windows (cenofa) above the terrepleine there is rococo art. Orbegoso, in a painting in the main hall above the entrance, used to receive the mail via the corner balcony. Riders did not wait around during the struggle for independence, as it was uncertain who were royalists & republicans.

The house lost its rear patio & its plan became L-shaped, but the second patio still has an artesanal well & the remains of a mill. The passage between the patios enabled horses to be separated from the carriage in the first patio & dispatched to the stables off the second patio. Interbank restored it & occasionally has exhibitions in its gallery & cultural activities in its corner patio. Visits are free, but identity documents are required to enter the house. It was being restored for 8 months between 2007 & 2008.

 

Casa Airaldi, Orbegoso 586, has one of the three oldest facades in Trujillo, from 1620-1650. The mock archway is given away by the paint which has come away from its wooden lintel. It is up for sale, if you have a US$1million or two.

 

Casa Bracamonte (or Lizarzaburu, Independencia 441) has an artesanal well. Rarely open to the public. Occupied by the Beneficiencia Pública & IPSS.

 

 

 

 

Casa Garci Olguín, now occupied by Caja Norperu, was restored in 2000. There is permanent access to its ATM, so you can see into its only remaining patio, but unfortunately the ATM & publicity block the view of panels explaining the restoration process & its Moorish, baroque & rococo artwork, the late renaissance from the end of the 16th & first decades of the 17th centuries. A safe from Bilston was made by appointment to Queen Victoria.

 

Casa Loyers’ (Independencia 5) earliest history is from 1774. It belonged to English descendants, until Banco del Trabajo acquired & restored it in the 1990s. Neoclassic art has been restored in its only remaining patio.

 

Casa Ganoza Chopitea, de los Leones (Independencia 628) has Moorish, baroque & rococo influences on its façade. The wooden balcony was made from remnants of earlier examples. It also has a wrought iron window. It conserves a second patio with quincha (plastered cane) roof, but the third patio is a modern conference hall.

 

La Casa Martínez de Pinill