High in the Peruvian Andes, a serrated stripe of pits cuts across a barren hillside, so regular and extensive that early ...

Introduction : The crisscrossed past -- The beginnings of archaeology in Peru -- The foundation (Western) of Peruvian archaeology : Max Uhle and cultural evolutionism -- Archaeology and nationalism in ...

Introduction : new methods and technologies of natural sciences for archaeological investigations in Nasca and Palpa, Peru / Markus Reindel and Günther A. Wagner -- Man and environment in the eastern ...

The mural is a remnant of an interior atrium from a pre-Hispanic ceremonial temple. (all photos courtesy Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) Anthropomorphic forms, motifs of fishing nets and the ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a pre-Inca mummy approximately 1,000 years old, barely 20 inches from the surface.

ear the northern end of Lake Titicaca in Peru, a team led by Charles Stanish of the University of California, Los Angeles, found evidence that warfare may have been critical in the formation of early ...

Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered a more than 3,000-year-old mural with a three-dimensional design, indicating a sophistication and artistry that is without precedent for pre-Inca cultures in the ...

The Chachapoya remain one of the lesser known pre-Hispanic cultures of South America. This is partly down to geography. As suggested by their epithet “people of the cloud forest,” the Chachapoya ...

The Indiana Jones epic archeological movie adventures are well known. They are just not steeped in too much reality.