In a new study, archaeologists uncovered 2,500-year-old psychoactive drug paraphernalia in an archaeological site in the Peruvian highlands. Ancient Peruvians likely used psychedelics during intricate ...
Authorities in Peru are searching for a suspect after the image of a penis was spray-painted onto a wall of Chan Chan, a pre-Columbian city that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On May 12, a ...
Researchers uncovered a circular structure on a hillside in Peru’s northern Barranca province, including the remains of stone and mud buildings constructed at about 600m (1,970ft) above sea level ...
Introduction: Death's Heads: Humanity's Peruvian Ancestors at the Smithsonian -- Part 1. Opening, 1525-1795. Curing Incas: Andean Lifeways and the Pre-Hispanic Imperial Dead -- Embalming Incas: Huayna ...
Papers originally presented at the Fourth D.J. Sibley Family Conference held at the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin in November 2003. Contents Iconography meets ...
Chachapoyas means “cloud forest” or “people of the clouds.” It refers to a pre-Incan civilization found in northern Peru. And when you’re standing atop the ancient Kuélap Fortress—at an elevation of ...
In a recent study, Dr. Weronika Tomczyk and her colleagues conducted a zooarchaeological and isotopic study of ancient Andean condor bones from an archaeological site Castillo de Huarmey, providing ...